22 Years and Counting - Lord Stanley dislikes Canada

[spuzzum]

Simple question without a logical or statistical answer. Why has no Canadian team won Lord Stanley in 22 years?

[getbak]

A bad (non) video review in 2004, and all the other Canadian teams suck.

[CMPunk]

I've never seen winning the cup as an international trophy. If the hockey gods really hated us, we wouldn't be winning gold medals and world championships.

Plus I'd rather see the cup not come here if it ment Edmonton, Vancouver or Toronto winning one just to break the streak.

[Flashpoint]

Canadian dollar handicapped most Canadian teams from 1992 to 2004 when revenue sharing became a thing. Calgary got within a goal regardless.

Logical and statistical IMO.

[combustiblefuel]

Not to worried about the streak. It's already Candian property. It's a victory for Canada anyways.

[CroFlames]

In fact, I hate more Canadian teams than American ones, so I don't mind this "streak".

The only team I want winning is Calgary, everyone else can pound sand, Canadian or not.

[Resolute 14]

26 years since the Flames won the Cup is the only streak that matters to me.

[tvp2003]

Edmonton and Toronto won't do it; that leaves only 4 teams out 28 left to bring home the grail. Calgary and Vancouver both got to within game 7, so based on the law of averages alone, not so far fetched once you factor in multiple Cups and/or appearances by several non-Canadian teams like Detroit, Chicago, LA, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc.

[albertGQ]

Casual Flames fans cheer for other Canadian teams.

Hardcore Flames fans cheer against other Canadian teams

Glad the Bolts won

[Vinny01]

The Cup can stay in the States until we are ready to be the team that brings it home

[Magnum PEI]

Five finalists and four game 7s. Toronto and Montreal have had a few deep runs too. Just one of those things. I wonder if Americans were asking the same thing in the 60s and 80s.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

I'd love if a Canadian team won the cup after so many years. As long as it's not Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa or Winnipeg.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Off the top of my head and with nothing but my faulty memory to support it...

1995-lockout: Western Conference absolutely dominated by Red Wings and Avalanche. If you didn't get massacred by one, you'd get killed by the other... and that's only if you made it past the Stars. The Flames / Oilers finals runs were underdog runs and both had some bad luck (Flames with the game 6 phantom goal; Oilers losing Roloson). Accordingly, you had to come out of the East, and the Brodeur Devils made that difficult. None of the EC Canadian teams were ever any better than mediocre during this period.

2007-2011: The Sens and Canucks runs were different from the prior two in that they were actually contenders. But it's still a coin flip in the finals, particularly against the two large, talented teams from the opposing conference, so no big surprise that they lost.

2011-Present: The current Blackhawks and Kings are basically the old-school version of the Red Wings and Avalanche. If the Blues or Ducks don't get you, one of them typically will (notwithstanding the conspicuous absence of the champs this year). In the East, it's the Pens and Bruins.

Honestly, upon reflection I think the real reason is that in any given year, you had 6 Canadian teams, and at least 3 were probably going to be outright bad teams. That leaves you with a 10% chance every year at the cup. Realistically, though, for the first 10 years, the deck was stacked in the Western Conference with powerhouse Detroit, Avalanche and occasionally Dallas teams, so that cuts your chances further. At that point it's a roll of the dice, and it's not surprisng when your sub-10%-shot doesn't pan out.

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

Glad the Bolts won

Whoa. As a Flames fan, I'll NEVER say that.



And yes, I am aware that the Habs beat us one year as well.

I'm pulling for Chicago hard now. Everyone else can go pound sand.

[GranteedEV]

No Canadian team has ever had the guts to do a proper rebuild like the ones that got Pittsburgh, Chicago, and LA to where they ended up. Add in that No-Trade Clauses pretty much unfairly prevent blockbuster superstar trades into Canadian markets.

Other than the Oilers, but they ****ed that up because they're the Oilers.

[CroFlames]

nm

[heep223]

Yeah if the Flames don't win it I'd way rather it stay in the U.S. Glad the Habs lost tonight and I will cheer against the other Canadian teams every single time.

Well over half of the players in the NHL are Canadian and we are winning Olympic golds. We don't need the cup in a Canadian city to know that it's our game.

[dammage79]

Meh, if it isn't going to be the Flames I really do not want anyone else from Canada to bring it home.

Van? /vomit
MTL? /too many already
Toronto? /no explanation needed
WPG? meh. they can after CGY locks up their 2nd in team history
OTT? Pretty neutral here, I suppose I could live with it.

Edmonton? ......

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by ricosuave

Whoa. As a Flames fan, I'll NEVER say that.



And yes, I am aware that the Habs beat us one year as well.

I'm pulling for Chicago hard now. Everyone else can go pound sand.

I am pulling for who gives a crap. Once the Flames were eliminated I entered who cares mode.

[Joborule]

Calgary Flames will break the streak.