Los tres perdedores, or the three levels of losing in Edmonton

by Derek Zona on Feb 5, 2010 10:30 AM PST in News Comment 7 comments

There are losing franchises, there are losing organizations, and there are the properties of the Edmonton Oilers. From 2007-2008 through today, Edmonton's three teams have combined for a winning percentage of .370 over nine seasons. The worst team in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates, a team that last had a winning season seventeen years ago, have a .420 winning percentage over the last nine seasons. The worst team in football, the Houston Texans, an expansion team, has gone 49-79 (.340) in their first eight seasons in the league, though they've been one game over .500 in the last three seasons. The Edmonton Oilers are making a case as the worst franchise in sports right now. Below the jump is the carnage.

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	W	L	P	Win Pct.	Finish
2007-2008	22	50	55	.305	19th
2008-2009	29	43	67	.402	15th
2009-2010	11	44	33	.200	21st

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	W	L	P	Win Pct.	Finish
2007-2008	35	45	80	.437	22nd
2008-2009	24	56	60	.300	29th
2009-2010	16	37	42	.301	29th

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	W	L	P	Win Pct.	Finish
2006-2007	32	50	71	.390	25th
2007-2008	41	41	88	.500	19th
2008-2009	38	44	85	.463	21st
2009-2010	18	38	42	.321	30th

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Even without the carnage of 2006-07 that’s a lot of carnage.

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by Bruce McCurdy on Feb 5, 2010 1:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

The good news is that the org. delivered on their promise to improve the mess in Springfield. See how the win% has soared from .300 last season all the way to .301 this.

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by Bruce McCurdy on Feb 5, 2010 1:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh shit. What have I gotten myself into (hockey fan in Oklahoma City…)

The Avalanche, clearly, are down with No PP.

by Mike @ MHH on Feb 5, 2010 1:48 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Call me optimistic, but I think next season could be a start to a good turn around for all the teams.

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by HF4L on Feb 5, 2010 4:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry Derek, love your stuff usually but this is just too much doom-and-gloom talk for me to bother reading it.

by Simon M on Feb 5, 2010 1:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

It’s only one season, but the 2003 Detroit Tigers won 43 games, lost 119, for a “winning” percentage of 0.265.

And they only managed not to be worse than the 1962 New York Mets 120 losses because they won five of their last six games because the Minnesota Twins (hate them) had a playoff spot secured and were taking their starters out beginning in the fifth or sixth inning – assuming they started in the first place. The team had the “top” three pitchers in the league for losses with records of 9-21, 6-19, and 6-17. So it could have been worse for Edmonton.

"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero

by Baroque on Feb 5, 2010 3:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

If we’re in “pointing things out” mode, the New Jersey Nets are 4-44 (winning percentage of .083) in the NBA which is… really bad.

But if we’re talking about sustained crapiness over a minimum of three seasons (non-expansion division) the last three years for the Detroit Lions win: 9-39 (.188) including one season with 0 wins. They have a 7-9 season falling off going into next year so they could end up with a pretty epic three-year total for their last two seasons (2-30) plus whatever they do next year.

by Scott Reynolds on Feb 5, 2010 4:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

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Northwest Standings

	GP	W	L	OTL	PT
Vancouver Nucks Misconduct	71	44	24	3	91
Colorado Mile High Hockey	70	40	24	6	86
Calgary Matchsticks and Gasoline	70	35	26	9	79
Minnesota Hockey Wilderness	70	34	30	6	74
Edmonton The Copper & Blue	70	21	42	7	49

(updated 3.19.2010 at 6:06 AM PDT)

22 - 42 - 7

Streak: Won 1

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@ St. Louis St. Louis Game Time	Sun 03/28	3:00 PM PDT
@ Detroit Winging It In Motown	Tue 03/30	4:30 PM PDT

Last 5 Games

Detroit Winging It In Motown	Fri 03/19	SO - W 3 - 2
@ Minnesota Hockey Wilderness	Tue 03/16	L 2 - 4
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@ Toronto Pension Plan Puppets	Sat 03/13	L 4 - 6
@ Montreal Habs Eyes On The Prize	Thu 03/11	SO - L 4 - 5

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Stat	Forwards	Defense
TOI/G:	Horcoff (19:25)	Gilbert (22:10)
ESTOI/G:	Horcoff (14:29)	Grebeshkov (17:16)
Points:	Penner (53)	Visnovsky (32)
Goals:	Penner (26)	Visnovsky (10)
Assists:	Penner (27)	Visnovsky (22)
EV+/- /15	Penner (.145)	Smid (.090)
Shots:	Penner (178)	Gilbert (82)
Corsi/15:	Penner(.470)	Visnovsky (.460)
SCF/15:	Penner (5.011)	Visnovsky (4.517)
SCA/15:	Stortini (3.950)	Gilbert (4.279)
SCDiff/15:	Penner (.592)	Visnovsky (.122)

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