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One dumb rule change that will bring the Cup back to Canada, sometimes

Last week, I wrote a piece about Canadian teams not winning the Stanley Cup. The drought is closing in on three decades, which is far longer than the math tells us should be possible. I came up with eight theories that could explain the streak, then picked them apart to see which ones held up.

The responses were interesting. Some of you agreed with the theories I posted, while others had theories of their own to share. Some Canadian fans admitted the whole thing bothers them, while others shrugged it off.

And some of you American hockey fans, like Jason here, decided to get cute:

Maybe if Canadian teams put together their payoff wins, they could reach the 16 win mark needed to lift the Stanley Cup https://t.