Post by miguelPost by Keith Keller["Followup-To:" header set to rec.sport.hockey.]
Post by miguelIs the Standly Cup being played right now? Is a canadian team in the
finals? It's not the Leafs, is it?
The last time the Leafs were in the Stanley Cup finals was 1967.
But hey, at least they won! ^^^
What have their fans been doing for the past 39 years? How inept can a
franchise be?
Even worse, considering Dollar Bill Wirtz's Chicago Blackhwaks haven't hoisted
the Cup since 1961...that's the longest drought in the NHL, at present. (The
Blues are still looking for their first Cup, after 38 seasons - of the other
four survivors of the 1967 expansion, Dallas (nee Minnesota), Pittsburgh, and
Philadelphia have won it, leaving the Kings on the outside looking in.
Buffalo and Vancouver still are looking for their first, from 1970-71; from
the 1972-73 expansion, the Islanders won four in a row (1980 through 1983),
and Calgary (originally Atlanta) has skated off with two; from 1974-75, New
Jersey (originally the KC Scouts) has won a couple, and Washington's still
waiting; from the 1979-80 merger with the WHA, Edmonton has picked up five
Cups, Colorado (Québec in the WHA and until 1995 in the NHL) has claimed two,
Carolina (New England in the WHA) is one game away from their first, and
Phoenix (Winnipeg in the WHA) is still waiting. Of the nine teams added by
expansion since 1991, only Tampa Bay has carted off the Cup, in 2004.)
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