Can Canada break the curse of the Stanley Cup?

Edmontic Oyari headed south in Miami to fight to return the Stanley Cup to Canada for the first time since 1993.

They will hope to avoid the repetition of last year when they made the same trip and lost.

For more than 30 years, the winner of the Main Prize of the National Hockey League has moved to the American team. This is a pity for a country where hockey is not just a sport but also a part of national identity. About 40% of the NHL players in all teams are Canadian – more than any other country.

Last year, Oylers sailed during the final game of the seven game series against Florida Panthers.

It was a “amazing” loss for Carson Daggan, who grew up in rural Albert and now lives in the US. She traveled all the way to Miami to look at this final game where she says that thousands of other Canadians joined her.

For many Canadians, it hurts that the most violent league fans have gone for so long, and yet they are ready to spend big money and travel to support their team.

Now Edmantana has a second chance of violating the unprofitable series this year, but when he enters the game 6, there is concern that history can really repeat himself. While OILERS started a series strongly, winning the first game 4-3, “Panthers” demolished Edmantan 5-2 on Saturday, giving them 3-2 series.

A game on Tuesday, in Miami, will do or die.

Repeated losses, in a sense, united Canadians against the ordinary enemy – the United States. Although the NHL has seven Canadian teams, so that Canadian fans encourage when it comes to play -of, most lagging behind the Canadian team is the farthest. Thus, in the final series this year, Edmonton Oilers was baptized as a result of the liquidation of the Canada team.

“I think it’s just like, we need a cup like Canada,” said Ms. Daggan. “A lot of Canada is welcomed for Edmantan.”

This is especially true because of the tension between Canada and the United States, which strengthened among the test trade war.

International rivalry really came to mind during the winter 4 countries, when Trump repeatedly dug in Canada, calling it a “51st state”.

During the game, the Canadians swept the American anthem, and the three fights began on the ice during the first nine seconds of one game. Shortly after Canada won 4nations, the Canadian comedian Mike Meers assigned the hockey term “elbows” as a cohesive cry for Canadian sovereignty.

The slogan was adopted by Prime Minister Mark Karni (whose home – Edmantan) during the election campaign.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump personally called “Panthers” who play approximately an hour from his Mar-a-lago estate to offer his support.

Mrs. Daggan seemed to cool down the temperature between the two countries. But this does not mean that the Canadian victory will not be “cherry top”.

“We’re not going to make fun of,” she said, adding that “most Canadians know that most Americans are good people.”

Each Canadian has its own hypothesis why the Canadian teams have not won the Cup since 1993, from the landed to the straight line.

To begin with, under the eyes of the NHL Commissioner Gary Battman, the US franchises have significantly overcome the league, from the seven of the eight new teams since 1993, which go to sunny states, such as Nevada, Florida and more recently, Utah. Now there are only seven Canadian teams compared to 25 American ones.

Others indicate light temperature and profitable tax benefits in many US states as a draw for free agents.

Mrs. Daggan likes to think that it is, at least, in part, with the unique hockey gameplay – players on the ice only 45 seconds, as a rule, it means that even a star player, like Captain Oiller McDavid, cannot monopolize.

The 28-year-old guy compared to Wayne Greek’s Glory Hall has been playing with the team since he was the first choice in the NHL during the 2015-2016 season. Although it took the years of Oylers to get to the level they were now playing, even then it was clear that he would become a star.

“If he was drafted into Boston, Chicago, Fili, or a ranger, or really any team in the US, I think hockey would have grown geometric progression,” said Ms. Dagggan. “You couldn’t absolutely do not know about hockey and see five minutes and see (he) the best player.”

Now lives in New Yampshire, after moving to the US to play hockey and a university level, Ms Daggan – the great -grandfather of which was the mayor of Edmantana – said that Oichels was still her farm.

“I think it was a house that was always there,” she said. “They probably got out of my life because some of their pucks are at 10 pm and I stay up and watch every game.”