It’s been 32 years since a Canadian crew final lifted the Stanley Cup.
The yr was 1993. Jurassic Park dominated the field workplace. Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Method Love Goes” topped the charts. The Toronto Blue Jays had been defending World Collection 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 many years, seven Canadian groups have reached the Remaining 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 turn out to be a working joke — or worse, a wound — for Canadian hockey followers each spring.
However this yr feels totally different.
After taking down the Dallas Stars 4-1 within the Western Convention Remaining, the Oilers are again. Connor McDavid is on a mission. And this crew seems hungrier, deeper and extra ready than it did a yr in the past.
