05-12-2015, 10:02 PM
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#21
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
26 years since the Flames won the Cup is the only streak that matters to me.
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followed by the 4.5 billion years since the Canucks....
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05-12-2015, 10:06 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
followed by the 4.5 billion years since the Canucks....
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Heh, 4.5 billion vs. a century since any team from Van won a cup, still sounds about right..
100 years since the Millionaires won it.... 100.
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05-12-2015, 10:13 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
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Every team left has 10+ Canadians on their roster. I think Canada is doing just fine.
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05-12-2015, 10:13 PM
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#24
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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Honestly which Canadian team has the best chance in the next 5 years??
*HOMER ALERT*
Flames!
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05-12-2015, 10:21 PM
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#25
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by ricosuave
Whoa. As a Flames fan, I'll NEVER say that.
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Ever since MSL's departure to the Rangers, thus leaving no active players from the '04 roster, my hatred for the Lightning has died down a ton. 
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05-12-2015, 10:27 PM
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#26
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Ya i really don't care for any other Canadian teams to win the cup. Flames or nothing!
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05-12-2015, 10:32 PM
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#27
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#1 Goaltender
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Because they bought our game.
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05-12-2015, 10:52 PM
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#28
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by albertGQ
Casual Flames fans cheer for other Canadian teams.
Hardcore Flames fans cheer against other Canadian teams
Glad the Bolts won
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Why would you cheer against your country if your home team loses? Makes no sense to me. Sorry, but cheering for a Canadian team when the Flames are out does not diminish my "status" as an avid Flames fan - but feel free to invent "fandom" rules.
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05-12-2015, 10:57 PM
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#29
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by CMPunk
Plus I'd rather see the cup not come here if it ment Edmonton, Vancouver or Toronto winning one just to break the streak.
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I feel the same way and about the same teams 
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05-12-2015, 11:13 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chicago Native relocated to the stinking desert of Utah
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Given that there seems to be a "Canadian Team X" is no good thread that I've seen for the majority of Canadian teams here at the CP forums, it is no wonder that the odds have not favored getting a Cup North of the Border!
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05-12-2015, 11:30 PM
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#31
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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We hate it when our friends become successful,
And if they're northern
That makes it even worse and
If we can destroy them
You bet your life we will destroy them
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05-13-2015, 12:24 AM
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#32
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by acerbic_1
Why would you cheer against your country if your home team loses? Makes no sense to me. Sorry, but cheering for a Canadian team when the Flames are out does not diminish my "status" as an avid Flames fan - but feel free to invent "fandom" rules.
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It's not the Olympics. ONE citys team doesn't carry the weight of a whole nation. Thats the same #### the Raptors and Blue Jays say. In fact in one of the most recent Raptors commercials the say Canada's team and "35 million strong" I'm one of those 35 million strong and hate both sports.
So being a Flames fan you would actually hope the Edm or Van would win if the flames got knocked out. And they didn't?
Last edited by combustiblefuel; 05-13-2015 at 12:01 PM.
Reason: Typo
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05-13-2015, 12:27 AM
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#33
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Nanaimo
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thefoss1957
Given that there seems to be a "Canadian Team X" is no good thread that I've seen for the majority of Canadian teams here at the CP forums, it is no wonder that the odds have not favored getting a Cup North of the Border!
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Yup, we Canadians are all sunshine untill we get talking about our hockey rivals.
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05-13-2015, 02:09 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
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.
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Well, when the Habs did it back then, they did it fair and square, unlike the Bolts. I'll NEVER cheer for the Bolts EVER!!
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05-13-2015, 02:55 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by acerbic_1
Why would you cheer against your country if your home team loses? Makes no sense to me. Sorry, but cheering for a Canadian team when the Flames are out does not diminish my "status" as an avid Flames fan - but feel free to invent "fandom" rules.
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The NHL isn't a country vs. country thing, it's a city vs. city thing. Cheering against other Canadian teams doesn't diminish your position as a Canadian it's the same as cheering against any American team. It has nothing to do with me being Canadian or not. The Olympics is a different story, that's a country vs. country thing.
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05-13-2015, 03:30 AM
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#36
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spuzzum
Simple question without a logical or statistical answer. Why has no Canadian team won Lord Stanley in 22 years?
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Really poor choice of wording in the tread title.
"Lord Stanley dislikes Canada"
If that were the case, why do so many Canadian players win it every year, with more Conn Smyth winners than any other nationality by a wide margin?
The obvious answer as to why a team situated in Canada hasn't won the cup in some time is because they play American teams full of Canadian players.
We are the dominant force in the league and the number one hockey nation on earth.
I was in the US last week and had an American try and rub my face in the fact a Canadian city hasn't won in so long. I pointed out how many Canadians are key players on cup winning teams and he matter of factly said it's because we make up the largest contingent of the league. Ah, yea. Cause we're the best at hockey. Duh.
Nothing to see here.
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05-13-2015, 04:30 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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Maybe it's Canada that doesn't like Lord Stanley.
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05-13-2015, 05:24 AM
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#38
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Franchise Player
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To be honest, i never cheer for the last canadian team standing unless it's the flames. I dream for it to be the Calgary Flames that end up being the team that brings the cup back to Canada.
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05-13-2015, 06:49 AM
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#39
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Franchise Player
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In those 22 years you can find 6 American teams who haven't won it either, who have been around for the whole 22 years.
NY Islanders
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Buffalo
San Jose.
Since then, several more expansion teams and 1 relocated team:
Columbus (00-01)
Minnesota (00-01)
Nashville (98-99)
Arizona (95-96)
Florida - (93-94)
It's very hard for any team in general to win the Cup.
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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
It's not the Olympics. ONE citys team doesn't carry the weight of a whole nation. Thats the same #### the Raptors and Blue Jays say. In fact in one of the most recent Raptors commercials the say Canada's team and "319 million strong" I'm one of those 319 million strong and hate both sports.
So being a Flames fan you would actually hope the Edm or Van would win if the flames got knocked out. And they didn't?
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I'm confused, what's 319 Mil? Are we talking about the Raptors budget?
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05-13-2015, 06:56 AM
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#40
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Franchise Player
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All of the teams I hate are Canadian. I would rather a Canadian team never win the cup again than have the Oilers or Canucks win one. Also, I find the Leafs cup futility hilarious, so I wouldn't mind that continuing either.
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