If it’s not the Leafs this season, which teams have the best (worst?) shot at passing the Rangers 54-year Cup futility?
by Jesse Spector from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#5JFRM)
The New York Rangers are the historic gold standard for futility in the NHL, having gone 54 years without winning the Stanley Cup until finally getting the job done in 1994 (see Mark Messier with the Cup above) - after decades of being taunted with 1940" chants in enemy arenas.