This is not the sort of record-setting season Arizona Coyotes fans had hoped for.

After yet another defeat Thursday to the New York Rangers, Arizona's record dropped to 0-9-1 on the season, a 10-game winless stretch which has seen the team drop eight straight in regulation, with its lone point coming in an overtime loss to the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.

Here's how Arizona's historically bad start to the season compares to the all-time flag bearers of futility.

2005-06 Pittsburgh Penguins

It's easy to forget that Sidney Crosby's first season in the NHL didn't start off on a high note.

After lottery luck granted the Penguins the right to select Crosby with the top pick in the 2005 draft, the team appeared to be on the ascendancy after years of losing. That hope intensified as a handful of big-name free agents flocked to Pittsburgh to play alongside the budding superstar.

However, the Penguins' first win in the Crosby era didn't come until their 10th game into the 2005-06 season. Carrying an 0-4-5 record into that contest, the Penguins finally found the win column as they took down the Atlanta Thrashers in a 7-5 win. The Penguins finished the season in second-last league-wide with 58 points.

2002-03 Atlanta Thrashers

It's never good when you're compared to the Thrashers. The since-relocated team, which uprooted for Winnipeg in 2011, joined the NHL in 1999, and amassed a putrid 39 points in its inaugural season.

Another ugly mark came three years later, when Atlanta failed to find a win through its first 10 games, as it struggled to an 0-8-2 showing. The Thrashers' first victory that season came in their 11th game, as they defeated the Florida Panthers by a 3-1 score. Atlanta finished the year with 74 points.

1943-44 New York Rangers

During the 1943-44 season, it took 12 games before the Broadway Blueshirts could finally avoid a loss - a tie against the Montreal Canadiens.

The Rangers then followed up that performance with three more losses, before their first victory finally came in game No. 16, a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins that improved New York's record to 1-14-1. The Rangers would then win three of their next four, but the luck didn't last, as New York concluded the 50-game season with just six wins.

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