▁Bul ld ogs . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁the ▁N HL ▁ordered ▁the ▁other ▁three ▁teams ▁to ▁supply ▁players ▁to ▁the ▁Tig ers . ▁Rece iving ▁quality ▁players ▁from ▁the ▁other ▁teams ▁was ▁not ▁enough ▁to ▁keep ▁Hamilton ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁league ▁cell ar ▁with ▁ 6 ▁wins , ▁ 1 8 ▁losses , ▁and ▁ 0 ▁t ies ▁in ▁ 2 4 ▁games . ▁Mal one ▁was ▁re ac quired ▁four ▁games ▁into ▁the ▁season ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁score ▁ 3 0 ▁goals ▁in ▁ 2 0 ▁games . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁three ▁seasons ▁were ▁just ▁as ▁dread ful ▁as ▁the ▁first . ▁ ▁The ▁Tig ers ▁finished ▁dead ▁last ▁every ▁year , ▁making ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 5 ▁straight ▁last ▁place ▁finish es ▁( count ing ▁the ▁one ▁season ▁as ▁the ▁Bul ld ogs ). ▁During ▁these ▁years , ▁the ▁Tig ers ▁attempted ▁a ▁re building ▁phase ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁team ▁up ▁to ▁par . ▁After ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 1 – 2 2 ▁N HL ▁season , ▁they ▁h ired ▁Art ▁Ross ▁as ▁their ▁new ▁coach ▁and ▁made ▁several ▁player ▁changes , ▁even ▁trad ing ▁super star ▁Mal one ▁to ▁the ▁Montreal ▁Canad iens ▁for ▁Bert ▁Cor be au ▁and ▁Ed mond ▁B ouch ard . ▁The ▁fans ▁were ▁out rag ed ▁at ▁seeing ▁Mal one ▁leave , ▁but ▁were ▁v ind ic ated ▁when ▁he ▁scored ▁a ▁single ▁goal ▁in ▁his ▁l one ▁season ▁with ▁the ▁Canad iens . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 2