It’s been a cold, agonizing quarter-century for hockey fans in the Great White North. No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since 1993, when the Montreal Canadiens raised a 24th banner to the rafters of Le Forum. And last spring was particularly dreary — for the first time since 1970, a grand total of zero Canadian teams made the NHL playoffs. But as the playoffs begin anew this week, things are different: Five of the seven Canadian franchises are back in the postseason after last year’s hiatus, tied with 2015 for the most north-of-the-border playoff entrants in the NHL’s post-lockout era. Read more https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...-stanley-cup-drought-well-its-not-impossible/
