Hockey

[LilianaUwU]

FWIW the Canadiens haven't been consistently a top performing team since the early 1990s.  A semifinals appearance is still forward progress over a first round loss last year and missing the playoffs for three years prior to that.

Also, I'm amused at the irony in the previous reply.  I distinctly recall a time during which claims that the NHL favored the Maple Leafs and Canadians was a common occurrence. 

Almost like Canadian teams SHOULD be favored...

[Max Rockatansky]

FWIW the Canadiens haven't been consistently a top performing team since the early 1990s.  A semifinals appearance is still forward progress over a first round loss last year and missing the playoffs for three years prior to that.

Also, I'm amused at the irony in the previous reply.  I distinctly recall a time during which claims that the NHL favored the Maple Leafs and Canadians was a common occurrence. 

Almost like Canadian teams SHOULD be favored...

Why an advantage though?  In the other sports the Canadian teams have been competitive despite having way of a footprint than what they got in the NHL.  The Raptors won an NBA title recently and the Blue Jays got pretty close to a World Series title last year. 

[LilianaUwU]

FWIW the Canadiens haven't been consistently a top performing team since the early 1990s.  A semifinals appearance is still forward progress over a first round loss last year and missing the playoffs for three years prior to that.

Also, I'm amused at the irony in the previous reply.  I distinctly recall a time during which claims that the NHL favored the Maple Leafs and Canadians was a common occurrence. 

Almost like Canadian teams SHOULD be favored...

Why an advantage though? 

Because it's OUR sport. Not yours.

[Max Rockatansky]

FWIW the Canadiens haven't been consistently a top performing team since the early 1990s.  A semifinals appearance is still forward progress over a first round loss last year and missing the playoffs for three years prior to that.

Also, I'm amused at the irony in the previous reply.  I distinctly recall a time during which claims that the NHL favored the Maple Leafs and Canadians was a common occurrence. 

Almost like Canadian teams SHOULD be favored...

Why an advantage though? 

Because it's OUR sport. Not yours.

Meh, that's a pretty lame.  None of the Americans to my knowledge said anything similar about Basketball when the Raptors got a title.

FWIW when I was a kid, the Red Wings were in the so-called "Dead Wings era."  Those bad times between Stanley Cups for the Red Wings are still longer than what you are seeing with the Canadians now.

[LilianaUwU]

FWIW the Canadiens haven't been consistently a top performing team since the early 1990s.  A semifinals appearance is still forward progress over a first round loss last year and missing the playoffs for three years prior to that.

Also, I'm amused at the irony in the previous reply.  I distinctly recall a time during which claims that the NHL favored the Maple Leafs and Canadians was a common occurrence. 

Almost like Canadian teams SHOULD be favored...

Why an advantage though? 

Because it's OUR sport. Not yours.

Meh, that's a pretty lame.  None of the Americans to my knowledge said anything similar about Basketball when the Raptors got a title.

Yeah, because it's mostly an American league.

[Stephane Dumas]

The Habs have gone to the golf club thanks to the Hurricanes.

[1995hoo]

And it remains the case that a US team has won the Grey Cup more recently than a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.

There haven't been any US-based CFL teams since 1995.