From an ownership/stability perspective, I would say this franchise has been in the top third for most of its life. Although I would say that has been declining every since the passing of Hotchkiss.
From an on-ice perspective, it's hard to argue that this team has been anything but bottom third. The only thing that's kept us above teams like the Islanders or Oilers is that we've never really had those utterly embarrassing valleys where we were the league joke.
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