Winning in the NHL is tough business, but these 10 teams have never lifted the Stanley Cup once in their franchise history. BetFTW NFL NBA NHL MLB WNBA Newsletter. NHL.

Being able to hoist the Stanley Cup over your shoulders is a feeling all NHL teams seek at the start of the season. Unfortunately, only one team out of 32 can be called NHL champions each year.

We began by taking active skaters whose teams are still in the playoffs with the greatest number of regular-season games played without having won the Stanley Cup, with 850 as the cutoff.