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Originally Posted by stampsx2
I find it odd too how only in Bettman's first year a canadian team won the cup and no year after that. It seems like canadian teams are showing up less in the playoffs too.
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That tends to happen when the ratio of Canadian teams to American drops from 1:3 to 1:5.
Regardless, there is nothing odd about it. The tanking of the Canadian dollar hit the Canadian teams hard, and they spent the first half of Bettman's reign at a major competitive disadvantage (one that was mitigated somewhat through Bettman's actions in helping the equalization program come to fruition).
Four finalists from 2004-2011, three game sevens. That's just bad luck. And, of course, the current teams are or were saddled with generally terrible management.