NHL Worst Regular Season Record 2022-23: Coyotes and Blackhawks Race to the Bottom

The NHL's worst team in 2022-23 is Regina Pats. Connor Bedard of Regina is the presumptive first overall pick. The Regina team has a good chance to win the draft lottery. Some teams will try to tank the team to get the first pick, but others will be unable to compete.

Coyotes and Blackhawks are the NHL's worst teams.

Coyotes are favourites to have the worst record in the league 2022-23. Chicago is rebuilding and is looking for a goalie tandem. Montreal won the first overall pick and used it to take winger Juraj Slafkovsky. The Canadiens are not a contender for the playoffs. They are likely to be sellers during the season. They have a better roster than Arizona and Chicago. Their goalie duo of Petr Mrazek and Alex Stalock played 21 games last season and they are good enough to win the draft lottery.

The San Jose Sharks have a new coach and a general manager. They could be a bad team, but they may not be bad enough to finish with the worst record in the league. Philadelphia Flyers finished 29th in league with 61 points last season. John Tortorella will be their head coach. Ryan Ellis and Sean Couturier are injured.

Seattle Kraken is a second-year franchise. They have a good underlying numbers but a league-worst goaltender. Anaheim Ducks have enough talent to prevent falling to the bottom of the league. If the Ducks start to stumble, they could move out veterans like John Klingberg and possibly John Gibson.