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Hartford Whalers — Franchise History

Points % by Season

│ Cup year

Current phase Treading Water 1997

Pts% 0.53 Avg age 27.9

Stuck in the middle — not good enough to contend, not bad enough to land top picks, and getting older.

Contending Competitive Developing Rebuilding Treading Water

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Goal Diff / Game

Top Scorer Points

Power Play %

Team Save %

Avg Roster Age

Picks & Trades ■ picks ■ trades

1st-Round Picks on Roster

Avg Player Tenure (yrs)

82 GP · vs. 2025-26 playoff benchmarks

Full season Last 20G Playoff bar Last-20 bar Contender bar

Pts %

0.530 · L20: 0.500 playoff 0.610 / L20 0.625 · contender 0.670

GD/GP

-0.37 · L20: -0.55 playoff +0.34 / L20 +0.38 · contender +0.51

PP %

18.1% · L20: 19.0% playoff 23.8% / L20 24.6% · contender 24.7%

PK %

84.6% · L20: 84.0% playoff 78.2% / L20 77.9% · contender 80.2%

Season	Record	PTS	Pts%	Playoffs	Top Pick
1997	40-35-7	87	0.53	—	—
1996	39-36-7	85	0.518	—	#88
1995	22-24-2	46	0.479	—	#13
1994	30-47-7	67	0.399	—	#5
1993	27-43-14	68	0.405	—	#2
1992	29-38-13	71	0.444	R1	#153
1991	36-33-11	83	0.519	R1	#59
1990	34-22-4	72	0.6	R1	#36
1989	40-34-6	86	0.537	R1	#10
1988	37-36-7	81	0.506	R1	—
1987	45-30-5	95	0.594	R1	—
1986	42-34-4	88	0.55	R2	—
1985	34-37-9	77	0.481	—	—
1984	33-39-8	74	0.463	—	—
1983	21-59-0	42	0.263	—	—
1982	29-51-0	58	0.362	—	—
1981	29-50-0	58	0.367	—	#103
1980	40-40-0	80	0.5	R1	—