Ethan Badowski
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Winnipeg was in.
Winnipeg had a president's trophy maybe two years ago.
So they were in.
They just couldn't get out of the second round or whatever it was.
You know, Ottawa's now been in the playoffs two years in a row.
Montreal, two years in a row.
Toronto had been in the playoffs, by the way, until this season.
I think they were in it 10 years in a row.
They just couldn't go anywhere once they got there.
They'd win a round at best.
and get bounced out in the second round.
So, you know, for the long run that you're talking about for Canada, that's been some time.
And, of course, the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was, you know, 1993.
That's my first year at ESPN.
So that tells you how long ago that was.
And they needed a miracle to do that, by the way.
Montreal beat Barry Melrose and Wayne Gretzky in the LA Kings.
That was the whole Marty McSorley illegal stick thing.
Kids, you can Google it.
It's a legendary story.