The Regular Season champions of NHL and Streaks

NHL and NBA have a flawed system of playoffs. Both leagues have 30 teams in them. They both let 16 teams make the playoffs. That adds up to 53 percent of teams with a shot at capturing the overall crown. This makes the regular season less valuable. Playoffs are supposed to be special to get into, but when a league lets half its teams in, that waters down the honor. It also cheapens the system and devalues the regular season. The MLB by far has the hardest system to qualify for. Of the 30 teams in the league only ten (33 percent) move on. It used to be 27 per cent before Bud Selig decided to bring in one match drama. It is also no wonder that NBA and NHL are the two lowest leagues in terms of revenue. Since a regular season game does not matter much, spectators, (both the ticket paying and the TV watching kind) will not get you the revenue. No amount of playoff drama in the best of seven series will earn more revenue that that lost during regular season matches. Distracting with sellout streaks cannot hide the fact that those people did not pay a lot to get inside.

At least NHL recognized them with From 1938 to 1967 the Prince of Wales Trophy. The Presidents' Trophy is the current award.

Source: Wikipedia

Total Regular season winners	Most recent	Team	Total Cups	Most recent
23	1977–78	Montreal Canadiens	24	1993
18	2007–08	Detroit Red Wings	11	2008
13	2013–14	Boston Bruins	6	2011
9	1927–28	Ottawa Senators (original)	4	1927
6	1962–63	Toronto Maple Leafs	13	1967
4	2012–13	Chicago Blackhawks	6	2015
4	2014–15	New York Rangers	4	1994
3	1986–87	Edmonton Oilers	5	1990
3	1981–82	New York Islanders	4	1983
3	1984–85	Philadelphia Flyers	2	1975
3	2016–17	Washington Capitals	1	2018
2	2000–01	Colorado Avalanche	2	2001
2	1988–89	Calgary Flames	1	1989
2	1998–99	Dallas Stars	1	1999
2	2011-12	Vancouver Canucks	0
2	1912–13	Quebec Bulldogs (NHA)	2	1913
1	2006–07	Buffalo Sabres	0
1	1924–25	Hamilton Tigers	0
1	2017-18	Nashville Predators	0
1	2002–03	Ottawa Senators	0
1	1992–93	Pittsburgh Penguins	5	2017
1	2008–09	San Jose Sharks	0
1	1999–00	St. Louis Blues	0

The decline of the Canadian teams look even more dramatic here.

Hall of Fame goes to Nashville Predators.The club was founded in 1998.
Hall of Shame goes to Los Angeles Kings. The team was founded in 1967.