Last Decades Worst First Round Chokes 

The first round in 2019 was pretty much Choke Central, as FIVE teams all choked out. Four of them were the four division winners, including reigning Stanley Cup champions the Washington Capitals (fell to Carolina in 7) and the President's Trophy winners the Tampa Bay Lightning (the first team ever to lose a playoff series to Columbus, who pulled it off in a sweep); the fifth team was the Vegas Golden Knights, the previous year's runner-up, who blew a 3-1 series lead (and a 3-0 scoring lead in Game 7) against San Jose. The five simultaneous chokejobs in the first round actually led to a playoff-bracket competition running a "second-chance" edition because pretty much _every_ original bracket went bust.

2014 sharks reverse sweep is imo, the worst playoff choke of all time. Just brutal the way they went out against LA.

I think many will disagree but I genuinely think the 2019 Bolts is the biggest chokejob in the history of sports

Montreal vs NYR wasn’t really a choke. NYR was only 1 fewer point

As a Lightning fan the 2019 choke will probably ALWAYS be the worst choke ever 😂 At least we responded with back-to-back Cups, though

Montreal and Colorado do not even come close to making this list. The Rangers were a point behind them and the Avalanche were missing half of the roster last season.

aint no way montreal vs nyr was a choke. if you lose to a 100 point wild card team in the first round, that is not a choke. thats why i thought colorado didnt joke against seattle. hell i picked seattle to win in 7 over colorado in my bracket.

How was 2017 a choke for the habs. The Rangers only had one fewer point and every game was close

must be a leafs fan didn't even put one leafs choke on here and they have so many to choose from.

Tampa the worst. To not even get a game after having the best regular season of all time is a disgrace.

Great video! Only bit of advice I might give (I may have missed it if you did do this I apologize) but for this type of video maybe when you show each matchup for the first time, below the names of the teams, include why it is a choke. For example “NYR vs MTL - Montreal did xyz in the regular season” just so we understand why it is a choke

The Panthers vs Boston series last year made my anxiety go like 📈

Bob Wischusen is elite

2017 nyr was only playing montreal because pittsburgh and washington led the league in pts. 2017 metro was insanely good

Cbj had a such a good team that year wow.

Lightning: and I took that personally

2017 chicago was such a fraud. Poor defense and a slightly above average offense. I still thought theyd lose to the blues in rd 2.

The Lightning did not choke, they were strangled. (Stolen from another comments section I don't remember)

2017 wasnt a choke. Rangers were better but it was close. That was the last great rangers team with hank on it

2021 Leafs?

2022 Penguins was bad also...