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| '''Final Title''' || '''Property''' || '''Competition''' || '''Start''' || '''End'''
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| rowspan=3 | [[Boston Bruins]] || [[Boston Bruins]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Boston Bruins]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1924-25 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=3 | [[Buffalo Sabres]] || [[Buffalo Sabres]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Buffalo Sabres]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1970-71 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=5 | [[Canadiens de Montréal]] || [[Canadiens de Montréal]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| rowspan=2 | [[Canadiens de Montréal]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1917-18 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=2 | [[National Hockey Association of Canada]] || 1910-11 || 1916-17
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| [[Haileybury Comets]] || 1910 || 1910
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| rowspan=5 | [[Carolina Hurricanes]] || [[Carolina Hurricanes]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Carolina Hurricanes]] || rowspan=2 | [[National Hockey League]] || 1997-98 || 2003-04
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| [[Hartford Whalers]] || 1979-80 || 1996-97
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| [[New England Whalers]] || [[World Hockey Association]] || 1972-73 || 1978-79
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| rowspan=3 | [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] || [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2000-01 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=11 | [[Detroit Red Wings]] || [[Detroit Red Wings]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Detroit Red Wings]] || rowspan=3 | [[National Hockey League]] || 1932-33 || 2003-04
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| [[Detroit Falcons (NHL)|Detroit Falcons]] || 1930-31 || 1931-32
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| [[Detroit Cougars (NHL)|Detroit Cougars]] || 1926-27 || 1929-30
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| rowspan=3 | [[Victoria Cougars (1922-1926)|Victoria Cougars]] || [[Western Hockey League (1925-1926)|Western Hockey League]] || 1925-26 || 1925-26
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| [[Western Hockey League (1925-1926)|Western Canada Hockey League]] || 1924-25 || 1924-25
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| rowspan=4 | [[Pacific Coast Hockey Association]] || 1922-23 || 1923-24
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| [[Victoria Aristocrats (1919-1922)|Victoria Aristocrats]] || 1919 || 1921-22
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| [[Portland Rosebuds (PCHA)|Portland Rosebuds]] || 1914-15 || 1917-18
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| [[New Westminster Royals]] || 1912 || 1913-14
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| rowspan=3 | [[Florida Panthers]] || [[Florida Panthers]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Florida Panthers]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1993-94 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=5 | [[New Jersey Devils]] || [[New Jersey Devils]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[New Jersey Devils]] || rowspan=3 | [[National Hockey League]] || 1982-83 || 2003-04
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| [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]] || 1976-77 || 1981-82
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| [[Kansas City Scouts]] || 1974-75 || 1975-76
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| rowspan=3 | [[New York Islanders]] || [[New York Islanders]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[New York Islanders]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1972-73 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=3 | [[New York Rangers]] || [[New York Rangers]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[New York Rangers]] || 1926-27 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=3 | [[Ottawa Senators]] || [[Ottawa Senators]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Ottawa Senators]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1992-93 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=3 | [[Philadelphia Flyers]] || [[Philadelphia Flyers]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Philadelphia Flyers]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1967-68 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=3 | [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] || [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1967-68 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=3 | [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] || [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1992-93 || 2003-04
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| rowspan=11 | [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || rowspan=2 | [[National Hockey League]] || ''1926-27'' || 2003-04
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| [[Toronto St. Pats]] || 1919-20 || ''1926-27''
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || ''1918-19'' || 1918-19
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| [[Toronto Arenas]] || rowspan=2 | [[National Hockey League]] || 1918-19 || ''1918-19''
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| [[Toronto Blueshirts]] || 1917-18 || 1917-18
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || ''1916-17'' || 1916-17
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| [[Toronto Blueshirts]] || [[National Hockey Association of Canada]] || 1912-13 || ''1916-17''
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 1910-11 || 1911-12
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| [[Canadiens de Montréal (1910)|Canadiens de Montréal]] || [[National Hockey Association of Canada]] || 1910 || 1910
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| rowspan=3 | [[Washington Capitals]] || [[Washington Capitals]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 2005-06 || 
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| colspan=2 | ''Suspended operations'' || 2004-05 || 2004-05
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| [[Washington Capitals]] || [[National Hockey League]] || 1974-75 || 2003-04
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