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Originally Posted by MegaErtz
Why can't Canadian teams win the Stanley Cup? This will be twenty-seven seasons in a row that an American team has won it. I'm very disappointed that this Canadiens team is the best that Canada could come up with, they're totally outclassed by Tampa Bay.
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Well right out of the gate there are only 7 Canadian teams out of 31, so it's immediately a numbers game.
Then the next hurdle is that many of those 7 CDN teams are not very desirable destinations for most players due to climate, privacy/anonymity concerns, etc. I'd say Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver can be desirable for certain players as long as those players don't mind living in a fish bowl, but Winnipeg/Ottawa/Calgary/Edmonton are likely very low on the vast majority of players list of desired locations to play.
If it was me, I'd way rather play in Florida or some sunny southern destination than an ice cold Canadian city, and that's not even taking into account being in the spot light all the time. I'd way rather be able to go out for supper and have nobody recognize me.
I'd also say that impatience plays a factor as well. Too many CDN teams feel the pressure to make win now moves instead of building a team properly and as a result waste too much precious cap space and don't hang onto nearly enough draft picks that have turned into the life blood of successful teams in the cap world.