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 /

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May 25, 2016; The San Jose Sharks stand with the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl after defeating the St. Louis Blues to win the Western Conference Finals. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /

San Jose Sharks, 1991, 24 Seasons

This team could lower this list to 11 teams in just a couple of weeks. They are currently matched up with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals after defeating the Los Angeles Kings, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues in the Playoffs.

The San Jose Sharks have been one of the most successful teams to not have won a cup. In their 23 seasons, they have only missed the Playoffs six times and two of those were their first years in the league. That being said, this is their very first trip to the Finals so they have been frustrated as well.

If they don’t win this year, it will get tougher as their big core of Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton, and Patrick Marleau is all over 30 as well as Brent Burns, Joel Ward, and others on the team. Their window is closing rapidly if they can’t get past the Penguins.

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