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The Goon · 05-31-2013, 10:51 AM

Interesting look at the numbers and economics that might be some of the reasons a Canadian city hasn't raised the Cup since 1993:

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/why-cant-canada-win-the-stanley-cup/?smid=tw-fivethirtyeight&seid=auto

edit: For those unaware, Nate Silver is a real statistics geek who has done a remarkable job predicting US election outcomes in recent years.

05-31-2013, 10:51 AM	#1
The Goon #1 Goaltender Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada Exp:	Nate Silver asks: Why hasn't a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup in 20 years? Interesting look at the numbers and economics that might be some of the reasons a Canadian city hasn't raised the Cup since 1993: http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/why-cant-canada-win-the-stanley-cup/?smid=tw-fivethirtyeight&seid=auto edit: For those unaware, Nate Silver is a real statistics geek who has done a remarkable job predicting US election outcomes in recent years. __________________ We may curse our bad luck that it's sounds like its; who's sounds like whose; they're sounds like their (and there); and you're sounds like your. But if we are grown-ups who have been through full-time education, we have no excuse for muddling them up.