Not sure if you've been a Calgary Flames SINCE 1988 or if you were born in 1988, but the NHL had something called the "Canadian Assistance Program" to help even out the playing field due to the weak Canadian dollar, which was worth only 59c US at one point in the early 2000s. All I heard from Gary Bettman during the lockout was how if they didn't get a salary cap, Canadian teams wouldn't be able to compete in a post-lockout NHL. Well guess what? They haven't been able to compete even with a salary cap.
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