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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There's no doubt that most American teams have the advantage of being able be bad for five year period without fans revolting as there's usually MLB, NBA, NFL in those cities to distract sports fans. In Canada it's hard for teams to hide from fan outcry.
I believe the Athletic a few years ago did the odds of American teams winning 30 straight cups and it was extremely low odds which shows that there's more going on besides randomness. This season is probably the closest we have to a handful of Canadian teams good enough to maybe win. If it doesn't happen this year though then it could go decades longer which is defying odds.
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For sure its not completely random.
Great teams generally have a 5-10 year run of being at the top of the standings, so odds of winning a Cup is cyclical over the years. Canadian teams were in 9 of 10 finals in the 80s.
From the mid 90s until the cap era, you had money being a huge deciding factor, and now in the cap era Canadian teams are still disadvantaged by things like rabid fanbase, weather, travel, Americans not wanting to be here, etc.
Canadian teams still have the deck stacked against them, but they are in a better spot in the cap world IMO.