A Canadian team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Why?

Kelly Hrudey played for the Los Angeles Kings in the 1993 Stanley Cup final. The team lost the final to the Montreal Canadiens. Hhrudy considers the loss the worst hockey experience of his life. Montreal won the Cup with a regulation 4-1 win in Game 5. The NHL returns for another 82-game schedule this week. It's 30th anniversary of the 30 years of Montreal's NHL-leading 24th Stanley Cups. Canada hasn't won a Cup since 1993.   The NHL returned for 82 games this year. There will be a new season.

The NHL's Stanley Cup drought is far from being the only reason for Canada's failure to win the championship. The Montreal Canadiens, for example, have a great following in Canada. Other factors, such as the weak dollar, cruel weather, relatively high taxes and relentless scrutiny in Canadian markets, may be to blame. The players who have won the Cup for Canadian teams have often been replaced by other players. It's not one thing or another that's to be blamed for the drought. There's no unifying theory to explain Canada’s Stanley Cups failure. it's a little bit of everything.

A Canadian team hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Vancouver, Ottawa and Winnipeg have never won a Cup in their current incarnation.

Quebec Nordiques haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1993. Since moving to Colorado in 1995, the franchise has won three Stanley Cups.

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