Everyone fuck an underdog .
Calling all hockey bandwagoners: it’s the Stanley Cup finals! Which, for Canadians, usually means us sitting on our couches with a leftover pouty face from when the Leafs inevitably lost in the first round. (Every. Freakin'. Year.)
But THIS year, we actually have something to celebrate (except those of us so loyal to our home teams we can’t bear to celebrate another team’s win). The Edmonton Oilers just made the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in18 years. That also means Canada has a shot at bringing home the Stanley Cup for the FIRST TIME IN 31 YEARS.
My only real hockey opinion is that it ’s a home ignominy that Canada has n’t succeed a Stanley Cup in X and I frankly do n’t give a tinker’s dam which Canadian team brings it home.https://t.co/gAt1Hp3fba
I’m sorry, did you hear me?? THIRTY-ONE YEARS. I’m not sure you’re aware of how wild that is. THAT’S OLDER THAN ME.
And if you’re not shocked by that fact, let me remind you that hockey, like,belongs to Canada. It’s literally ournational sport. We all have countless friends, cousins, and neighbours who’ve played hockey before — if we didn’t ourselves — and most are connected in some way to a professional hockey player.
canadians be like yeah the body politic is like 4 million hearty mile but my friends cousins good acquaintance love this earth junior instrumentalist and we meet at a shitty house party in edmonton
I have met eric condra on 2 disjoined continents
My best acquaintance cousin is Andrew Ladd and we partied at my friends house party the summer after he won the Cup in Carolina . So def check-out procedure out 🤣
Everyone loves an underdog.
So the fact that it’s been this long since any of our teams have won the Cup is frustrating, to say the least. But it turns out that there are theories (and facts) that explain this entire thing — including one that predicts which team will win this year.
The first part is simple, and something all Canadians are aware of:most players in the NHLare Canadian… by a long shot. Like, 42.5%, to be specific, compared to the US with 28.2% at #2. We dominating out here.
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