5. The 2002-03 Nashville Predators: 27-35-13-7 (74 Points)
Leading Point Scorer: David Legwand, 48 PTS
Based on point percentage in the standings, this year's Predators team is the second-worst in franchise history with a .418 points percentage. That's after their most recent win over the Bruins.
Going back to 2002-03, the Predators had yet to make their first trip to the postseason, but they were at least starting to build a solid core of players led by their original draft pick David Legwand.
Also on that team was Scott Hartnell, Kimmo Timonen, Scott Walker and a young Martin Erat. Tomas Vokoun was also patrolling the crease and was one of the better goalies in the NHL at this time.
Still even with that decent core of players, the team lacked superstar talent. Especially on offense, going 28th out of 30 teams in goal scoring at 2.23 per game. The current Predators team is tied for dead last in NHL at 2.59 goals per game, for comparison.
The 2002-03 team really tanked badly over their last 20 games of the season. They were actually hovering around the .500 mark and had one more win than they did regulation losses, with 26 wins.
Over their last 18 games of 2002-03, the Predators would only win one more game to go along with four ties. At this time you could get a point for ties and for overtime losses.
The Predators would score just four goals in their last four games to see 2002-03 end in really bad fashion, making fans wonder just how long it would take to finally taste the playoffs. It would happen the very next season with the team getting 91 points with Steven Sullivan being one of the franchise's first major signing from the outside.