The NHL season has a few games left, but there are a couple of tables we can update already. The Thrashers will miss the post-season for the 9th time in 10 opportunities. This means the Thrashers will extend to 10 seasons their streak with no playoff wins.

By missing the post-season the Thrashers cannot possibly win a playoff series. No NHL team has ever won a playoff series in Atlanta--never, ever--really! Combining the Thrashers (10) and Flames (8) that pushes the record for NHL playoff futility to a mind boggling 18 seasons in this market. Consider this fact for a moment, if the Atlanta playoff drought was a person, it would already have a driver's license and be old enough to vote in elections and is just three years shy of being able to drink legally. Those 18 seasons represent a lost generation of fans--an entire age cohort with literally nothing to cheer for in the post-season.

Three current NHL markets have never witnessed a playoff series victory--Atlanta, Phoenix, Nashville and Columbus. Two of those markets qualified and could earn their first series victory this spring.

Longest drought without a NHL playoff win

Longest drought without a NHL series win by market: