It’s been 32 years since a Canadian crew final lifted the Stanley Cup.
The 12 months was 1993. Jurassic Park dominated the field workplace. Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Method Love Goes” topped the charts. The Toronto Blue Jays have been defending World Sequence champions. And most Canadians didn’t know what a PDF was — it had simply been invented.
That June, the Montreal Canadiens beat Wayne Gretzky’s Los Angeles Kings to win all of it. It hasn’t occurred since.
In three-plus a long time, seven Canadian groups have reached the Last and all have misplaced. This consists of the Vancouver Canucks (1994, 2011), Calgary Flames (2004), Edmonton Oilers (2006, 2024), Ottawa Senators (2007) and Montreal once more (2021).
It’s been shut. It’s been crushing. And it’s grow to be a working joke — or worse, a wound — for Canadian hockey followers each spring.
However this 12 months feels completely different.
After taking down the Dallas Stars 4-1 within the Western Convention Last, the Oilers are again. Connor McDavid is on a mission. And this crew seems to be hungrier, deeper and extra ready than it did a 12 months in the past.
