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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Calgary won in 2004.
More seriously, any disadvantage Canadian teams have is based in taxes, city lifestyle and the US dollar differential (the latter really only affects the owners' pocketbooks). It would be hard for the NHL to address this without creating some serious differences (like allowing a different cap for Canadian teams).
The other thing is mismanagement. Cup winners like Pittsburgh, Chicago and Washington have managed to parley high picks into success. Tampa has to a degree as well. Edmonton famously has not. We shall see if Toronto can turn the Matthews pick into success.
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I wonder why players aren't payed by the league to eliminate all of this?