Boston Bruins Join Warriors, Patriots In This Unfortunate Statistic

Boston Bruins Join Warriors, Patriots In This Unfortunate Statistic - originally posted on Sportslens.com

The Boston Bruins were far and yonder the weightier team in the NHL this season, and were unquestionably the weightier historically, too. Their 65 wins and 135 points were both the highest marks in league history, and they entered the postseason as the obvious favorite to win the championship.

But the Stanley Cup Playoffs are some of the most unpredictable in sports, and that proved to be true in Boston’s first round series versus the Florida Panthers.

Boston Bruins Join Patriots And Warriors In This Unfortunate Statistic

The Panthers barely snuck into the playoffs, qualifying as the 8th seed and setting themselves up for a stage with the presumed weightier team to overly hit the ice. But without stuff lanugo 3 games to 1, the Panthers somehow pulled off the incredible upset, winning the final three games, including two overtime thrillers.

Florida will move on to try and protract their Cinderella run, but for Boston, the heartbreak is scrutinizingly immeasurable. But they’re in good company, if you want to undeniability it that. The 2022–23 Bruins will be talked well-nigh in the same vapor as the New England Patriots and Golden State Warriors, but for all the wrong reasons.

Both of those dynasties suffered serious collapses that remain blemishes on their resumes. The 2016 Warriors were the weightier regular season team ever, winning a record 73 games and cruising to the NBA Finals. They blew a 3-1 lead in the championship series to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in one of the most talked well-nigh sporting events in recent memory.

The Patriots had the same fate in their near-record breaking season. New England finished the 2007 season with a 16-0 record, and were looking like locks to wilt the first team to finish a season undefeated since the 1972 Miami Dolphins, and the first to go 19-0. Eli Manning and the New York Giants had other plans, and the greatest season overly ended in stormy thwarting that still stings to the fan wiring and the franchise.

But wait, there’s more. The weightier regular season record in MLB history belongs to the 2001 Seattle Mariners, who won 116 games that year. But they, too, were unable to well-constructed the mission, losing in the ALCS in 5 games to the New York Yankees.

You can now add the 2023 Boston Bruins to the list. In all four major North American sports, the team that has had the weightier regular season in league history has failed to win the championship.


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