Ranking Canadian Teams Chances Of WINNING The Stanley Cup! 

The Canucks next season for sire

Canucks winning the cup next year

The Oilers can win next year provided they are honest with themselves this offseason and are able to fix a few of the broken pieces. The widely spread story is that they were dominant in this year's playoffs and came within a two goals of a Stanley Cup. At face value this is true but their run to the Cup was drastically different than, say, the Panthers. The Panthers were dominant and dictated their way to the finals. Edmonton played well but relied on a few external factors to go their way. First off, LA was a pretty easy opponent. Not a stretch for the Oil to beat them. Then came the Canucks. The Oilers would have lost that series if Vancouver wasn't missing Demko. I believe this almost objectively. If the Oilers had of lost that series, Edmontonland would be in crisis right now. Another early exit. A year before McDavid and Draisaitl's contracts are up. Also, Vancouver had Petterson as a no-show. My point is the Oilers barely beat a second rate Vancouver. They were lucky. Then came Dallas which was a better test but Dallas flipped the 'off' switch halfway through the series. Something weird happened and it felt like the Stars gave up. Again, Edmonton received a good roll of the dice here. Lastly, the Oilers met the Panthers and were whipped into a 3-0 submission hold. The Oilers finally met a real team and couldn't come close to competing. Then the dice rolled again in their favor and Florida choked on their own success and inflated egos. It was not a case of Edmonton figuring out Florida. Figuring out how to beat the Panthers' system. It was literally a case of Edmonton jumping on a golden opportunity. Now kudos to Oil for rallying instead of giving up after being punished 3-0 in the series. I'll give them that. However, the proof is in the pudding, as they say and Florida found their game again and delivered the game seven knock-out blow. This is not to crap on the Oilers or lessen the positives from this playoff run. It is the contrary. It's necessary to isolate where and why they were weak and where, why and how they got lucky. They need to isolate those factors and correct them. Start now. Don't wait for October. If they can do that, maybe even just fix half of the issues with the team (bad defense, two-man team up front and avoiding McD and Drai getting shut down), then they will win the Cup next year.

Let's see, on average a Canadian team makes the final every 6 years, I'm 63 now, so by my calculations I'll be dead ⚰by time a Canadian team wins it all, so it doesn't really matter. ....... next team to make the SC finals in 2030 will be Ottawa..

Cañucks for da cup

I would honestly put the flames at #6 cuz I know in a 7game series the leafs are choking

and Oilers had one of the worst flu bugs going through them during the whole series. McDavid had a lung infection and lost his voice so it makes no difference.

Yeah oilers suck 🤣

Yup Canucks lose in 6 you bet lol

@@Canucksnate "Oilers suck" Then why did they beat the Canucks?

@@Canucksnatebro I see you everywhere

​@@station428they are hateable for many other reasons lol

No Canadian player has ever been good at hockey, let alone win a Stanley cup. You are just a delusional hoser.

I agree, going to back to back finals is difficult, especially when MacKinnon is in your conference

It is the start of a beautiful rivalry. Bouchard and Hughes same age, Miller and Nuge same age. Slight edge to goal scoring for oilers core but a considerable advantage in goalies for Canucks. I will not be surprised to see them meet in the playoffs again soon.

@@joeonthego8247 skinner really stepped it up in the later games of the finals, not superstar but definitely not the liability people put him out to be, this is coming from a Canucks fan

The drought will end once winters in Canada stop sucking and they no longer have an income tax, like Florida. It's not surprising, good players are willing to sign for less money in places like Florida

100%

wee bit baised im sure

habs are def over the sens and flames

@@blondedzero the toilet seats aren’t going anywhere 🤣

The shiny new billion dollar arena project is distracting them…and broken water mains

Healthy Canucks with new top 6 options beat the Oilers all day. Especially with the Oilers losing a bunch of their forwards.

I never said anything about cheering for a team just cause they’re Canadian. I’m simply ranking Canadian teams based on their likelihood of winning a cup in the near future.

When an entire nation hasn't won a cup in 30+ years, it gets people riled up. What's wrong with most of Canada rooting for the Oilers? They're a really strong team.