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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
First of all, 7 teams making it to the finals does not cover the odds - there are 2 finalists every year.
But more to the point, when the odds are that obscure, it is reasonable to assume it isn't random, and there is a reason for it. Many posters have listed multiple, plausible reasons why the Canadian teams are disadvantaged. You dismissed it as odds. I showed that it isn't just odds. No one has suggested that it is a jinx, or determined by political boundaries. However, there are some valid issues:
1) taxes
2) NMCs
3) weather
4) Canadian fans
5) small markets
6) no personal privacy
and there are likely several more
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I think you can add Covid-19 to that list. Johnny being unable to get home to visit his ailing father seemed to be rightly so a big deal.
My view is
- The biggest disadvantages for Canadian teams are self inflicted and being poorly run
- But there are also other clear disadvantages particularly for Canadian teams not named Toronto and Montreal. Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg would rank in the very bottom of desirable destinations for a lot of NHLers.