I seem to recall an article back in '75 when Washington was setting this dubious record. I'm paraphrasing, but one of the quotes in that story was along the lines of "Champions drink champagne from the Stanley cup, but for the Capitals it's bloody Marys. (Apparently Bloody Marys was the go-to-drink for several Capitals players after every loss er, "game"). But eventually the Capitals did find their groove and, a couple decades later were one of the league's powerhouse teams.
you should do a video on ovi and how he singel handedly resurrected the caps when they were a mess coming out of the 04-05 lockout and maybe also do a video on stamkos and how he managed to single handedly revive the lightning when they were a poverty franchise
4:33 "No offense to these guys, but I've never even heard of them...I don't know if I've ever heard of one of these guys...I mean, no offense to them..." I think it was nice of you to point this out, in case any players from that awful Caps team happen to be watching this video!
What it shows is that he is younger . And not a hockey historian ( yet ) . Nothing wrong with it , and you are correct his honesty is nice . But , Ron Low was a decent goalie for multiple teams , also an assistant coach and head coach in the nhl in the 90's and 2000's for the Ryr and Oliers has 2 Stanley Cups as well . Historian would have quick Google searched this and found this out . Great video , and innocent comment ( 5 mins of searching ) he could have left that comment out .
The 1974-75 Capitals earned their eighth win in the last game of the season, a home victory over the Red Wings. Otherwise, the Capitals would have likely finished with only 19 points for the season.
Sharks had a rough go of it last year for sure. Celebrini of course was the reward. They have some very decent youth coming. The Capitals team was epic. Enough wins to get 2 rounds deep in the playoffs. 2 rounds.
Jimmy Anderson was the first coach for the caps saw him play in Springfield 4 the Kings gave my friends and myself Hockey sticks at a Saturday practice really great person and hockey player
JA was a beer salesman too. He was a nice guy. He would always wear his AHL championship ring which had a missing stone. My kids would ask him to see the ring and he was always happy to oblige and tell how he hoped to find the stone one day.
Given your hockey knowledge, I'm surprised you've never heard of Ron Low, who played 11 years in the NHL. Saw him play in the twilight of his career with the Devils. Expansion was a joke back then in pretty much all four major sports leagues except maybe the NBA. Teams got the weakest or most expendable players from other teams with a few inexperienced rookies from the draft, not all of whom would work out, then sportswriters acted shocked that the results were bad on the field.
The reason they were the worst team in history is because of the ridiculous expansion rules. The other teams could protect practically there entire starting roster. In other words the only players left were teams minor league players. So basically this team was a minor league team playing against the pros. A recipe for disaster.
Jets were raped of all of their talent thanks to nhl/wha merger and nhl old guard owners who wanted no part of merger and wanted to steal their players.
Statistically, the Capitals were worse than the Quakers. But put the Quakers on the ice against the Capitals in a "worst team series," and I believe the Capitals would dominate. Players were simply faster in the 1970s. I ran across one writer's assessment of players then on the ice versus those in the Quakers era. The writer said he couldn't believe how much faster the current players were. The assessment was written around 1950.
Maybe you or someone can assist. I read an article and can't find the player / stat. One guy in history of NHL (I believe it was NHL) One player killed off a 2 min penalty all by himself by skating around with the puck. It may have been in the decades of 1950s or 1960s. Any info is much appreciated.
Worst team in nhl history thanks to nhl who set post expansion teams up to fail. Their expansion draft list was shit-washed up old guys, never will be's, or guys that were on retired list. '70's expansion teams either had to draft well and have patience to build that way like isles did, or get impatient and start making quick fix trades destined to fail and set expansion team back like caps did with '75 top pick. Col. rockies repeated that after leaving kc making foolish trades rockies never recovered from. '70's was just a horrible time to be an nhl expansion team with wha war draining talent as well. No bettman vgk 'gifting' expansion draft for quick success for '70's post expansion teams. Caps were fortunate to survive such horrible hockey in new market. Atl. flames, kc scouts and forerunner rockies weren't as fortunate and didn't survive expansion era. '80-'81 jets were bad as well-penalized by nhl/wha merger that raped wha teams of their talent so nhl teams like rags could grab them. Oil kept gretz and beat merger rules and became '80's dominant.
I seem to recall an article back in '75 when Washington was setting this dubious record. I'm paraphrasing, but one of the quotes in that story was along the lines of "Champions drink champagne from the Stanley cup, but for the Capitals it's bloody Marys. (Apparently Bloody Marys was the go-to-drink for several Capitals players after every loss er, "game").
But eventually the Capitals did find their groove and, a couple decades later were one of the league's powerhouse teams.
The Islanders and Oilers had a lot of supporters in the middle six.
you should do a video on ovi and how he singel handedly resurrected the caps when they were a mess coming out of the 04-05 lockout and maybe also do a video on stamkos and how he managed to single handedly revive the lightning when they were a poverty franchise
The Capitals only had one road victory in 1974-75 as well! Nice video! Look forward to seeing more!
Good video.
Though I was shocked that the 1979-1980 Winnipeg Jets were missing.
You mean the 1980-81 Winnipeg Jets. They finished with a League-worst record of 9-57-14 for 32 points, which equates to a .200 season.
4:33 "No offense to these guys, but I've never even heard of them...I don't know if I've ever heard of one of these guys...I mean, no offense to them..."
I think it was nice of you to point this out, in case any players from that awful Caps team happen to be watching this video!
What it shows is that he is younger . And not a hockey historian ( yet ) . Nothing wrong with it , and you are correct his honesty is nice . But , Ron Low was a decent goalie for multiple teams , also an assistant coach and head coach in the nhl in the 90's and 2000's for the Ryr and Oliers has 2 Stanley Cups as well . Historian would have quick Google searched this and found this out . Great video , and innocent comment ( 5 mins of searching ) he could have left that comment out .
Good video, just found your channel and subscribed. Looking forward to more videos
Thanks! Appreciate it
Cool video! I enjoyed it! Never heard of the Philadelphia Quakers. Looked them up... interesting. Thanks for the trail if bread crumbs.
The 1974-75 Capitals earned their eighth win in the last game of the season, a home victory over the Red Wings. Otherwise, the Capitals would have likely finished with only 19 points for the season.
I was a kid then and even I knew about that brutal season for San Jose. Always felt bad for Irbe
Sharks had a rough go of it last year for sure. Celebrini of course was the reward. They have some very decent youth coming. The Capitals team was epic. Enough wins to get 2 rounds deep in the playoffs. 2 rounds.
Its crazy to think about it like that! Cheers
Jimmy Anderson was the first coach for the caps saw him play in Springfield 4 the Kings gave my friends and myself Hockey sticks at a Saturday practice really great person and hockey player
JA was a beer salesman too. He was a nice guy. He would always wear his AHL championship ring which had a missing stone. My kids would ask him to see the ring and he was always happy to oblige and tell how he hoped to find the stone one day.
Given your hockey knowledge, I'm surprised you've never heard of Ron Low, who played 11 years in the NHL. Saw him play in the twilight of his career with the Devils. Expansion was a joke back then in pretty much all four major sports leagues except maybe the NBA. Teams got the weakest or most expendable players from other teams with a few inexperienced rookies from the draft, not all of whom would work out, then sportswriters acted shocked that the results were bad on the field.
The reason they were the worst team in history is because of the ridiculous expansion rules. The other teams could protect practically there entire starting roster. In other words the only players left were teams minor league players. So basically this team was a minor league team playing against the pros. A recipe for disaster.
Very cool! Keep it up. Liked and subbed. NO A.I! ❤
Glad to see the 1980-81 Winnipeg Jets aren't t on your list.
Haha, they were close
Jets were raped of all of their talent thanks to nhl/wha merger and nhl old guard owners who wanted no part of merger and wanted to steal their players.
nice video mannn!
I knew it was going to be the Washington Crapitals.
The Philadelphia Quakers had been the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1925 to 1930. They only lasted one year in Philly and dropped out of the league.
Thanks. Cool fact
Statistically, the Capitals were worse than the Quakers. But put the Quakers on the ice against the Capitals in a "worst team series," and I believe the Capitals would dominate. Players were simply faster in the 1970s. I ran across one writer's assessment of players then on the ice versus those in the Quakers era. The writer said he couldn't believe how much faster the current players were. The assessment was written around 1950.
the worst canadian team or are overseas teams getting better.
Maybe you or someone can assist. I read an article and can't find the player / stat. One guy in history of NHL (I believe it was NHL) One player killed off a 2 min penalty all by himself by skating around with the puck. It may have been in the decades of 1950s or 1960s. Any info is much appreciated.
Worst team in nhl history thanks to nhl who set post expansion teams up to fail. Their expansion draft list was shit-washed up old guys, never will be's, or guys that were on retired list. '70's expansion teams either had to draft well and have patience to build that way like isles did, or get impatient and start making quick fix trades destined to fail and set expansion team back like caps did with '75 top pick. Col. rockies repeated that after leaving kc making foolish trades rockies never recovered from.
'70's was just a horrible time to be an nhl expansion team with wha war draining talent as well. No bettman vgk 'gifting' expansion draft for quick success for '70's post expansion teams. Caps were fortunate to survive such horrible hockey in new market. Atl. flames, kc scouts and forerunner rockies weren't as fortunate and didn't survive expansion era.
'80-'81 jets were bad as well-penalized by nhl/wha merger that raped wha teams of their talent so nhl teams like rags could grab them. Oil kept gretz and beat merger rules and became '80's dominant.
Well, except for Philly. They won a cup in their 7th year.
@@timothyholst9240 Isles-8. oil-6. vgk-7.
Yikes 😮