Nashville Predators One of Dozen Stanley Cupless Teams

May 12, 2016; San Jose, CA, USA; San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski (8) and defenseman Brent Burns (88) and center Patrick Marleau (12) shake hands with Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher (12) and defenseman Barret Jackman (5) after the end of the game seven of the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center at San Jose. San Jose defeated Nashville 5-0. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
May 12, 2016; San Jose, CA, USA; San Jose Sharks center Joe Pavelski (8) and defenseman Brent Burns (88) and center Patrick Marleau (12) shake hands with Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher (12) and defenseman Barret Jackman (5) after the end of the game seven of the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs at SAP Center at San Jose. San Jose defeated Nashville 5-0. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
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San Jose Sharks shake hands with the Nashville Predators after the end of the game seven of the second round of the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports

The Nashville Predators aren’t the only team that is still looking for their first Stanley Cup.

As a matter of fact, the Nashville Predators are one of a dozen teams that haven’t had a chance to hold the Cup high. Some of those have been searching for the right pieced for a lot longer than the Preds.  And some of them are kind of surprising.

There are teams that have had even longer droughts than these 12 teams. The storied Toronto Maple Leafs haven’t won the cup since 1966-67, a span of 47 seasons and the famed Philadelphia Flyers haven’t won since 1974-75, for 39 seasons.

But those teams can be saved for another day, this is about teams that have never won a Stanley Cup along with the Preds.  Some of those have been pretty long too.

So let’s get started with the first of our dozen.

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