Do citizens of any country spend as much time watching their teams lose their national sport as Canadians? The Stanley Cup hasn’t been won by a Candian team in 28 years. How is it possible for the country that created the sport and supplies so many of it’s players to not win a prize named after a Canadian Governor General? Our teams have huge fanbases, high valuations but even random chance hasn’t given Canada a win. What is going on here?

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