sawchuk1971
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Is it time for a Canadian only professional hockey league?
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Yes. Absolutely. Do it. Call it the CHL and see what happens. Good luck.
KeithIsActuallyBad
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Gary wouldn’t sign off on that because he’d have no franchises to relocate.
The Gr8 Dane
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Stop embarrassing us. Stop crying.
Signed all Canadians
Signed all Canadians
I would love a cfl type hockey league, games only on the weekend, teams in Regina and Saskatoon, drink a few bud lights...
Canadian teams are at a disadvantage, but that has more to do with location than Gary.
Canadian teams are at a disadvantage, but that has more to do with location than Gary.
Relax man
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You'd rather watch sub AHL-tier Canadian hockey than get over your Canadian sense of entitlement. Hockey is a global game. The US has the best financial demographics, get over it.
KeithIsActuallyBad
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Soccer is a global game, hockey is a continental game that 5/7 continents don’t give a shit about.
Edit: correction, maybe Antarctica cares.
Empoleon8771
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I still genuinely can't believe that there are actually Canadians who get so upset about no Canadian teams winning the Cup that they make an issue out of it every single year.
30 years without a Canadian team winning, 7 Canadian teams.
It's going to be at least 210 years before every Canadian team will win a Stanley cup.
We just want something to cheer for
KeithIsActuallyBad
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Canada will never win a Cup again.
This is a thread calling for the formation of a new league limited to only Canadian players because the NHL is apparently biased against current teams in Canada and I'm the one who needs to relax because I made a joke?
Ok.
That's because of bAd MaNaGeMeNt
WarriorofTime
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You can enjoy your independent minor league that's on par with the SPHL. All of the best Canadian talent (along with players from everywhere else) will be playing in the United States in the National Hockey League.
It's an impossible idea and you took it way too seriously.This is a thread calling for the formation of a new league limited to only Canadian players because the NHL is apparently biased against current teams in Canada and I'm the one who needs to relax because I made a joke?
Ok.
"Go ahead and try it"
Like I said, chill
EpochLink
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Yeah this post is laughable, come on yall.
This needs to f***ing stop just because southern US teams in the final 4? f***ing stupid
KeithIsActuallyBad
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WarriorofTime
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But at least all the big Canadian cities have a seat at the table in the best league in the world in the current environment.
EpochLink
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Stupid ass traditionalist I swear to god.
They haven’t escaped the cozy boonie town they live in.
what is going on with all these threads about Canadian teams? lmao
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KeithIsActuallyBad
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I don’t know if I’d call sitting at the kiddie table all that relevant. You think players want to play in Winnipeg or Vegas?
The inherent disadvantages of managing teams in Canadian cities is becoming too obvious to ignore.
The good one.
MichaelFarrell
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This is a ridiculous conversation.
Toronto lost because their top players didn’t step up.
Oilers lost because they couldn’t score 5v5.
Winnipeg lost because their players quit.
Montreal lost in the cup finals in 2020 because Tampa was a way better team.
The Ottawa Senators have had a terrible team since 2017 whenever they were a goal away from the Stanley Cup final.
The Vancouver Canucks lost in game 7 against the Bruins in 2011.
Calgary lost in 7 games in a very close series in 2004 against Tampa. The last three games were all one goal games. They have had some good teams that have all underachieved.
In what way did Bettman make these teams lose?
Toronto lost because their top players didn’t step up.
Oilers lost because they couldn’t score 5v5.
Winnipeg lost because their players quit.
Montreal lost in the cup finals in 2020 because Tampa was a way better team.
The Ottawa Senators have had a terrible team since 2017 whenever they were a goal away from the Stanley Cup final.
The Vancouver Canucks lost in game 7 against the Bruins in 2011.
Calgary lost in 7 games in a very close series in 2004 against Tampa. The last three games were all one goal games. They have had some good teams that have all underachieved.
In what way did Bettman make these teams lose?
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Boonk
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You can cheer for the other teams all you want, I certainly don’t and won’t ever. That doesn’t mean we as fans of the other Canadian teams want them to win lol. I couldn’t care less about the Habs being the last team that happens to be in Canada winning it 30 years ago, with this whole PLD thing I actually hope they stay winless. Ditto for the other teams in Canada. You’d be naive to think that Edmonton fans would want Calgary to win a cup over them, or Toronto fans with Montreal or Ottawa fans. When I cheer for another Canadian team to win, I cheer for Team Canada (whenever they play that is). It’s not a thing to cheer for other Canadian teams like you think it is and it’s not Bettmans fault that the teams here are incapable of winning worth a damn.
WarriorofTime
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Anyways, you Canadian guys that freak out over Bettman and stuff would be a lot happier if you all just made the concentrated cultural effort to push Junior Hockey into the same sphere of relevance within your country as NCAA Football and College Basketball are in the USA.
Places like Tuscaloosa, Alabama.. Norman, Oklahoma... Lawrence, Kansas... Clemson, South Carolina... Lincoln, Nebraska... they aren't sitting around crying because they don't have NFL and NBA teams, they just treat the local college team as the biggest show in town and give it all the attention and fervor that come with pro sport franchises.
Places like Tuscaloosa, Alabama.. Norman, Oklahoma... Lawrence, Kansas... Clemson, South Carolina... Lincoln, Nebraska... they aren't sitting around crying because they don't have NFL and NBA teams, they just treat the local college team as the biggest show in town and give it all the attention and fervor that come with pro sport franchises.
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