Make it seven.
The slogan used by former Analysis in Movement executive Jim Balsillie in his ill-fated attempt to bring the Phoenix Coyotes to southern Ontario can now be used to describe Canada’s Stanley Cup drought.
The Edmonton Oilers became the seventh straight Canadian team to fail to reach the Stanley Cup final when they lost 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 on Monday in Dawn, Florida.
The country has now celebrated the Stanley Cup for 31 years.
Since the Montreal Canadiens won the Cup in 1993, the Oilers and Vancouver Canucks have each lost twice in the Cup final, while the Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators and Canadiens have each lost once. times.
It’s already close. Five of those seven losses came in Game 7.
This time, the Oilers came back from a 3-0 series deficit, only to lose badly in game seven.
The 1993 Canadiens won 10 straight overtime games to win the Cup, defeating Wayne Gretzky’s Los Angeles Kings in the final. Gretzky’s magic prevented a Toronto-Montreal final dream after the Kings eliminated the Maple Leafs in Game 7 of the Campbell Conference Final at Maple Leaf Gardens.
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