I remember that Red Wing team .... extremely talented.
Fortunately for them they broke thier habit and went on to have 2 Championships a few years later.
Yep, and same with the Patriots and Warriors (before and after their historic regular season years). The Mariners, OTOH, have not been back to the postseason since they won those 116 regular season games in 2001. That is currently the longest active postseason drought in the 4 major sports.