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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
If it's just odds really, it's some pretty damn long ones.
The chances - randomly - that a Canadian team hasn't won a cup in the last 30 years is actually 0.028%. That's less than 3 in 10,000.
So no, it's not 'just odds, really'.
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The higher point here is that geographical borders shouldn't be some sort of determining factor; seven current teams in a certain area haven't won in 30 years. Oh well. Odds are against each of them to start, anyways, just like any other team in the league. There are many US teams who haven't won in that 30-year timeframe either.
Also, bc-chris's post also shows that Canadian teams have been to the Stanley Cup Finals seven times in 30 years, so there's your odds, right on track, right there. So the Canadian teams haven't won seven times straight in the finals - whatever, it happens. There isn't some kind of Canadian jinx, determined by political boundaries; maybe the winning team in each of those series was just better, location be damned.