For those six Canadian franchises- or the 43%- this season was marked by disappointment, collapses and rebuilds. Joe Ingles Jersey .Here quick season recaps of the teams that are entering golf season early, even if there still is snow on the ground.The Ottawa Senators entered last season with a label of being a rebuilding team that wouldnt reach the playoffs. To the surprise of many, the Senators entered the playoffs as a seventh seed and upset the Canadiens in the first round 4-1.This season, the expectations for the Senators were lofty, they lost captain Daniel Alfredsson but acquired Bobby Ryan and star defenceman Erik Karlsson was given a clean bill of health. Yet, the Senators failed live up the level of performance theyd produced the previous season and were removed from the playoff race shortly after the trade deadline.Some would say the Sens just werent ready to fight for it.GIF credit: TumblrThe Toronto Maple Leafs 2013 playoff run gave hope to fans that the future was bright for the team. Add a new starting goaltender in Jonathan Bernier and two veteran grinders, David Clarkson and Dave Bolland, and it seemed the Leafs were ready to surge beyond the first round of the playoffs. Yet, the Leafs game 7 collapse against the Bruins in 2013 turned out be a microcosm of the 2013-2014 campaign.Sitting a safely in a playoff spot late in the season, the Leafs travelled to California for a road trip; the team defeated the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings to put themselves at a 90% chance of making the playoffs. To the amazement of many, the Leafs then dropped eight straight games –and 12 of their final 14- before falling well out of the playoffs. The Leafs pretty well took themselves out this season.GIF credit: The Leafs NationThe Winnipeg Jets had come close to a playoff spot in each of their first two years in the city. Many fans wondered; could this be the year the team finally entered the post-season? The answer to that question would be no. Early failures led to the team firing head coach Claude Noel in January, and though Paul Maurice put the Jets in the playoff race after he arrived, but once again the team missed their mark.GIF credit: TumblrThe Vancouver Canucks went from having the leagues top goaltending duo last season, to now having Eddie Lack and Jacob Markstrom as options in their crease. After trading Corey Schneider in the offseason, the Canucks traded Roberto Luongo prior to the trade deadline, a move that stunned the hockey world. The team went from a contender to a rebuilding team almost overnight. The disaster of the previous 10 months led to president and general manager Mike Gillis being fired and coach John Tortorella being on the hottest of seats entering the offseason. In the end, this GIF perfectly summed up the Canucks season.GIF credit: Vancouver Sports BlogThe Calgary Flames ended this season with the ability to move forward with a lot of positives. This season was a write-off for team, they traded franchise hero Jarome Iginla and defenceman Jay Bouwmeester on deadline day last season and watched goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff retire. The Flames were simply using this season to allow their young players to gain experience and finish with a high draft pick. Yet, the success of young players such as Sean Monahan and a breakout campaign from Mikael Backlund have given Flames fans hope for the future, something many fans in Canada dont seem to have right now.In the end, the Flames line brawl against the Canucks will likely live as the most memorable moment in a forgettable 2013-2014.GIF credit: TumblrGIF credit: TumblrFinally, we have the Edmonton Oilers, who have once again taken their place in the leagues basement despite being overloaded with young talent. The Oilers seemed to have more promise than ever entering this season after signing the hottest coaching name, Dallas Eakins, and adding Andrew Ference to lead the teams young core from the blue line. Yet, despite a new coach and new captain, the Oilers once again struggled to compete and were forced to make moves for their future rather than moves to help a playoff push. The Oilers additions of goaltenders Ben Scrivens and Viktor Fasth seemed to be a step in the right direction, however another season of "maybe next year" angered even the most patient of Edmonton fans. Multiple jerseys were thrown on the ice this season and despite Scrivens sending one back, the fans may be on the verge of no longer taking them back. GIF credit: Twitter.com/myregularfaceThe failures of the above six franchises have led Canadians to being forced to either cheer for the Canadiens, a polarizing franchise at best, or cheer for a team south of the border.Of course, theres always the option throw in the towel on watching playoff at all, just like Dallas Eakins did. Is this the worst season ever of Canadian NHL teams? The evidence above suggests it might be… Cheap NBA Jerseys . On Wednesday night, they showed that stellar defence and a little small ball can get the job done too. 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The teams are level on 24 points with Hull KR occupying 10th place thanks to a superior scoring difference.Rovers were 30-10 winners when they visited Headingley on April 1 and Leeds head coach Brian McDermott says revenge will be on his players minds. That was a dark day that, so we owe them one, said McDermott. That was our poorest performance, we were absolutely awful that day and Hull KR were smart enough to exploit that.Although McDermotts men have endured their worst season for 20 years, 12 months on from becoming only the third team to complete the modern-day treble, they have rediscovered their form with four wins from their last five matches.McDermott is hoping to take that form into the Qualifiers, which determines the final make-up of Super League for 2017, and insists the trip to Hull KR is crucial to their hopes of ending the year on a high. McDermott drops Rhinos hint Leeds coach hints at remaining in charge of Rhinos in 2017 We can finish ninth and thats hugely important because we get more home games and we want to play as many home games as we can, he said.There is still a scenario where we can finish bottom and we dont want to do that.We also want to be going into Middle 8s on the back of a run of performances which we can be proud of. Without kicking up old dust, weve been in some places this year we havent been that proud about. Highlights of Hull KRs victory at Headingley on April 1 To have a bit of pride, some integrity about how were operating in recent weeks has been big for us.Hull KR are going to be a challenge. They got beat by Hull so they will want to turn that around, and every team in the Middle 8s will want to go into them on the back of a win.For us were trying to hang onto some things that weve been creating for about six weeks now. Jonas Jerebko Jersey. Mitch Garbutt could return for Leeds against Hull KR McDermott has included captain Danny McGuire in his 19-man squad and, although he does not expect him to play, he is able to add prop Mitch Garbutt to a virtual full-strength team, a far cry from mid-season when at times he was without 10 senior players through injury.I dont think Danny is going to play, said McDermott. Obviously we have some big games coming up and we dont want to run the risk of further injury.But were reasonably healthy, this team will be strongest weve had all year.Stevie Ward is training with the players, hes starting to look like a rugby league player and thats good, hes still two or three weeks away. We catch up with Hull KRs players as they try to stay afloat in Super League Hull KR have lost former Leeds second rower Chris Clarkson, prop Mitch Allgood, back rower Graeme Horne and centre Iain Thornley from the side that lost the Hull derby but front rower James Green returns from suspension.French internationals Kevin Larroyer and John Boudebza are recalled and second rower James Donaldson will play as long he passes the mandatory head test after being concussed last week.Hull KR: Maurice Blair, John Boudebza, Ben Cockayne, Kieran Dixon, James Donaldson, James Green, James Greenwood, Albert Kelly, Kevin Larroyer, George Lawler, Shaun Lunt, Josh Mantellato, Matty Marsh, Thomas Minns, Robbie Mulhern, Ken Sio, David Thompson, Dane Tilse, Adam Walker.Leeds Rhinos: Carl Ablett, Mitch Achurch, Tom Briscoe, Rob Burrow, Adam Cuthbertson, Brett Delaney, Brett Ferres, Keith Galloway, Mitch Garbutt, Ryan Hall, Jamie Jones-Buchanan, Jimmy Keinhorst, Jordan Lilley, Danny McGuire, Joel Moon, James Segeyaro, Brad Singleton, Liam Sutcliffe, Kallum Watkins.Watch Hull KR v Leeds live on Sky Sports 3 HD on Thursday from 7.30pm. 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