Thirty-one years doesn't seem that long ago ... unless you're one of the title-starved Canadian teams that have favorable chances this year at hoisting the Cup.
The last time a team from Canada won the Stanley Cup? The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings to take home the championship in June 1993. Want to know how long it has been since the last time a Canadian NHL team won the Stanley Cup?For almost every player in the league now, the idea of a Canadian champ merely exists in the world of the theoretical, not reality.
For each of the four clubs mentioned above -- the ones most likely to make a playoff run -- let's run through the reasons why each might be the special group that finally takes the Cup back home. Because who knows? Maybe this is the year Canadian fans can finally enjoy success in the 21st century instead of long reminiscing about that title team from 31 years ago.
Vancouver's plus-0.82 goals per game differential is tied for No. 1 in the NHL, giving the Canucks their best regular-season team since the 2010-11Rising by 1.09 goals per game from its minus-0.27 differential last season, Vancouver is easily the league's most improved team.It's rare to see a team make such a dramatic regular-season improvement and then also carry that over to a deep postseason run.
Even as Winnipeg's offense ebbed and flowed through the schedule -- the Jets currently rank 18th in scoring -- Hellebuyck was there to keep the team in games and propel them toward a potentialis No. 2, a full 27 goals behind.) The only thing missing from his résumé is that one signature postseason in net ... the likes of which Patrick Roy had in leading the 1993 Canadiens to the Cup.
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