List of NHL franchise post-season droughts

Columns: Team | Previous Stanley Cup Finals | Intervening Conference Finals losses | Next Stanley Cup Finals | Stanley Cup Finals drought
Toronto Maple Leafs | 1966-67 | 5 : 1977-78 , 1992-93 , 1993-94 , 1998-99 , 2001-02 | 51 seasons | St. Louis Blues | 1969-70 | 4 : 1971-72 , 1985-86 , 2000-01 , 2015-16 | 2018-19 | 47 seasons | Winnipeg Jets / Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes | never ( franchise entered the NHL in 1979-80 ) | 1 : 2011-12 | 39 seasons | New York Islanders | 1983-84 | 1 : 1992-93 | 34 seasons | Detroit Red Wings | 1965-66 | 2 : 1986-87 , 1987-88 | 1994-95 | 28 seasons | Los Angeles Kings | never ( inception of franchise in 1967-68 ) | 1 : 1968-69 | 1992-93 | 25 seasons | Montreal Canadiens | 1992-93 | 2 : 2009-10 , 2013-14 | 25 seasons | Buffalo Sabres | 1974-75 | 2 : 1979-80 , 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 23 seasons | Pittsburgh Penguins | never ( inception of franchise in 1967-68 ) | 1 : 1969-70 | 1990-91 | 23 seasons | Washington Capitals | never ( inception of franchise in 1974-75 ) | 1 : 1989-90 | 1997-98 | 23 seasons | San Jose Sharks | never ( inception of franchise in 1991-92 ) | 3 : 2003-04 , 2009-10 , 2010-11 | 2015-16 | 23 seasons

Example questions:
Who was the Stanley Cup Finals winning coach the year the NHL franchise team owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment broke their finals drought ? | Who wrote the song which gave the name to the NHL franchise team with the second longest finals drought ? | Of the NHL franchise teams that went exactly 23 seasons without making the finals , which is a member of the Atlantic Division ? | When the NHL franchise team whose fan base is mostly from Long Island last made the Stanley Cup finals , who was their opponent ?

Answers:
Scotty Bowman | W. C. Handy | Buffalo Sabres | Edmonton Oilers