Are Canadian teams jinxed?

Hogwash. Four Canadian teams have made the Finals since 2004. It could've been more, but two teams (including one of the ones that made the Finals in that span) basically have decided to not exist for a decade playoff-wise, one thinks the playoffs is a place to mail it in, and one is Ottawa and eff Ottawa! It's just bad management, not a lack of desire to play here.

Flames sure weren't jinxed last night... as three friggin' power play goals in the 2nd Period will attest!!!

Another scintillating article....seriously....how many teams in both conferences are still within grasp of a playoff spot with a handful of games to go -- and this is what they're coming up with? But then, I really shouldn't be surprised.

And Danny you're correct....it's team management, period. A winning franchise, in any sport - usually cures any ills....

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Originally posted 09:08 AM ET  03.27 by Otis B. Driftwood

Flames sure weren't jinxed last night... as three friggin' power play goals in the 2nd Period will attest!!!

Are you saying there might have been a third referee behind the grassy knoll? :)

The Stanley Cup spends most of the summer in Canada anyway since the majority of players are Canadian.

It's the curse of Dwarfus Horiblus. He wants all teams out of there

The Irked one DOES NOT APPROVE of this article.

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Originally posted 09:36 AM ET  03.27 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

The Irked one DOES NOT APPROVE of this article.

I'd have thought he'd embrace it.

Burkie to new owners, "Trust me, it's not that I'm an incompetent, inept, asshole with a drinking problem......it's, it's.....geography.

When your expected to keep the Cup in Canada every year ...I can see how a jinxed attitude might be appropriate....Vancouver and Ottawa have a shot.....but I would bet this article was written more towards the senior circuit (Montreal / Toronto)......

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Originally posted 09:34 AM ET  03.27 by Spiny Norman

It's the curse of Dwarfus Horiblus. He wants all teams out of there

Well, he did throw Winnipeg a bone.

Kind of a stupid article. (Really, from the Globe and Mail? How could that happen). And trying to say that somehow Canada is jinxed is even more stupid than usual. ALL FRANCHISES no matter where they are located have a vast majority of Canadian players. While I'm happy as hell that there are teams in the US ( and soon to be in South American, Samoa, The Maldives and Lichtenstein) hockey players are mostly Canadian, always have been. The growing number of American and European players is good for the game as well.........it's not anti-Canadian.

Article might be stupid but....

It's probably a fact players would rather play south of the 49th for those exact reasons.

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Originally posted 10:27 AM ET  03.27 by Hank Kingsley

Article might be stupid but....It's probably a fact players would rather play south of the 49th for those exact reasons.

and there may be a financial element to it also

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Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  03.27 by Spiny Norman

and there may be a financial element to it also

Beer's cheaper?

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  03.27 by Spiny Norman

and there may be a financial element to it also

really depends on the state. NC, for example, has State, City, and County tax. Texas has no income tax, but it's, well, Texas.

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hmmmm Globe and Mail.....published and written in the big suckhole of Toronto where the NHL playoffs are a rumour that only the old folks can remember happening.

QUOTE(#14):

Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  03.27 by Spiny Norman

and there may be a financial element to it also

No doubt. But even if the contract offered by the Canuckistanian team is silly $$ they still stay south for many of those other reasons.

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Originally posted 09:20 AM ET  03.27 by Canuck eh?

Are you saying there might have been a third referee behind the grassy knoll? :)

More like stupid penalties... all legit.

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Originally posted 10:35 AM ET  03.27 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

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Smart move...