The REAL Reason No Canadian Team Has Won The Stanley Cup Since 1993 | The Bottom Of It (Ep. 3)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2024
- Sportsnet's most serious investigative reporter Tom Stewart hits the streets of Downtown Toronto to report on a nefarious plot taking place in the hockey world. Is there a conspiracy to keep the Stanley Cup out of Canada?! Let's get to the bottom of it.
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Bettman became commissioner in 1993, the last time a Canadian team won a Stanley Cup. Coincidence? I think not!!!
He hates Canada, thats why Arizona is playing in university barn, but the expansion to Hamilton was denied. He tolerates TO because thats where all his money comes from :)
BINGO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was just about to say that
yeah but you got Winnipeg Jets 2.0 at the expense of Atlanta Thrashers also your teams how been outmatched in your Cup Finals yes took yeah also A Majority of Canadians make up American Teams and Won the Conn Smythe MVP Sid with The 2016 & 2017 Pens and Ryan O'Reilly with The 2019 Blues apart your conspiracies just like I did with AntI-Vaxxers and Trumplikkkans BINGO Class Dismissed Burn Those Tin Foil Please
The first team Bettman awared the Stanley Cup to was Montreal!
If there was truly a level playing field, then the chances of a Canadian team winning the Cup would be 7/31 (and starting this year, 7/32). In other words, if you had one die that had 31 sides (or this year 32), then over a long period of time, a Canadian team would come up 7 times every 31 (or 32) rolls. Now, there's been expansion since 1993, so we have to take that into account, as follows:
1994 -1999: 26 teams, 6 Canadian teams. Canadian Cup win: 6/26, 23.08%. American Cup win: 76.92%, for each year
2000 : 27 teams, 6 Canadian teams. Canadian Cup win: 6/27, 22.22%. American Cup win: 77.78%
2001: 28 teams, 6 Canadian teams. Canadian Cup win: 6/28, 21.43%. American Cup win: 78.57%
2002-2011: 30 teams, 6 Canadian teams. Canadian Cup win: 6/30, 20.00%. American Cup win: 80.00%
2012-2016: 30 teams, 7 Canadian teams (Atlanta moves to Winnipeg). Canadian Cup win: 7/30, 23.33%. American Cup win: 76.67%
2017-2021: 31 teams, 7 Canadian teams. Canadian Cup win: 7/31, 22.58%. American Cup win: 77.42%
So, the way probability works over a number of dice rolls like this is as follows. Let's say you're rolling a die 3 times, and you want to know what the probability is that you do *not* roll a 6 on any of those rolls. So the probability of rolling a 6 is 1/6. But the probability of rolling *not* a six is 5/6. To *not* roll a six with dice rolls is 5/6 times 5/6 times 5/6, or 57.87%. That means 42.13% of the time, you will roll at least one 6.
For no Canadian team to have won the Cup since 1993, again assuming that the results are completely random, then we take the probability of an American team winning the Cup for each year, and multiply them all together. Starting in 1994.
That gives us: 76.92% x 76.92% x 76.92% x 76.92% x 76.92% x 76.92% x 77.78% x 78.57% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 80.00% x 76.67% x 76.67% x 76.67% x 76.67% x 76.67% x 77.42% x 77.42% x 77.42% x 77.42% x 77.42% x 77.42%.
All that equals a probability that no Canadian would win the Stanley Cup in those 29 years of (drum roll)
0.0775%
If this "parity" that Commissioner Bettman keeps talking about as a point of pride for the league were truly in operation, then the chances of all the Canadian teams going without a Cup in those 29 years would be 7.75 in 10,000. Or to use odds, roughly 1,289.7 to 1.
I'm starting to feel a bit like Spock here.
Of course, perfect parity doesn't exist. Of course, some teams are run better than others. That's going to happen. But you have to have some really incompetent teams to beat those odds...
Dude
Impressive
You did the math.
You messed up. There were 6 seasons of 7/30 teams being Canadian teams (the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg prior to the 2011-12 season so there was that season, 12-13, 13-14, 14-15, 15-16, and 16-17. You only multiplied by 76.67% 5 times. You then for some reason multiplied by 77.42% 6 times when there have only been 4 completed seasons of 7/31 (17-18, 18-19, 19-20, 2021).
The actual number is still very low, 0.0992% or 9.92 out of 10,000. Or to use odds, roughly 1,008.5 to 1. If an American team wins this year it'll be very close to what you had (you basically tacked on an extra season in there) and would be rounded to the same number.
I see what you did there. breaking it down by country like that. but really it's every individual team against each other so at the end of the day it's still a 1 in 32 chance at the beginning of the season
It's pretty simple. There's a salary cap and Canadian tax is ridiculously higher than American. So basically free agents don't want to sign with Canadian teams and the homegrown players want more money to compensate for the higher tax they will get hit with. All while that goes against the cap hit. Want to make it fair? Make the cap hit the salary AFTER taxes. At least the richer Canadian teams can give players endorsement deals and they can make money in those big markets, but the poorer Canadian teams have such a small window to win unless you have players that really buy into the system and want the cup over the bag.
Its the warmer climate thing too.I would agree first is the tax thing
You can make the argument that since 1989, only 5 teams have won a Stanley Cup WITHOUT having a Norris caliber Defenseman (or a Hall of Fame Defenseman) on the team:
- 2017 Penguins (Kris Letang missed playoffs)
- 2006 Hurricanes
- 2004 Lightning
- 1996 Avalanche (Adam Foote never won a Norris and not in Hall of Fame for some reason....)
- 1990 Oilers
The three guys without Norris Trophies; John Carlson, Alex Pietrangelo, and Kris Letang are all locks for the Hall of Fame.
I'm surprised nobody thought of calling out the 2004 goal that nobody saw from Calgary. That to me is the biggest conspiracy in recent hockey Stanley Cup history. I say that puck was in. Parallax view or not. I think New Jersey had something similar happened to them. But eh... it's hockey and history. Wouldn't be hockey without a little controversy. Even penalties are subject to interpretation sometimes and still divide fans. I'm a habs fan. Before you say I like Calgary. And I've lived in Edmonton. Calgary rivals.. so definitely not bias towards that "goal not goal"
Even Steve dangle has come out that it was the right call. Why do people bring that up 😅😅😅😅
Because it's still a conspiracy to some as sometimes, your eyes sees what it sees and they won't accept the excuses. I like Steve but i don't agree with him 100% of the time. It's hockey.
1993 - Wayne Gretzky's high stick not called on Doug Gilmour allowing Los Angeles to go on to the Finals
1999 - Brett Hull's foot is in the crease during a goal, despite this goal being illegal Dallas is awarded the cup - the first Southern market to win a Stanley Cup in history
2004 - Martin Gelinas scores the game winning goal in Game 6 only for the goal light not to come and the goal to mysteriously not be counted, allowing Tampa Bay to win the cup
Canadians play on every team...
The real answer is that Canadian teams have a disadvantage because of higher taxes. Players want more money when they sign with a Canadian team, and are way more likely to sign with a team in a city with less taxes, for the same contract. The salary cap needs to be adjusted for taxes, then Canadian teams would start winning the cup.
lmao "we need to adjust NHL rules to meet Canada's backward policies" how about no?
@@davidgreen3001 It's not like it affects the league in any negative way, states have different taxes also, it would be beneficial for the whole league.
@@crazeinthedark Free market.
@@crazeinthedark I'll admit 28 straight cups for us-based franchises is bad. You got to remember though from 1927 when the NHL was official to 1993 of the 66 Stanley cups awarded canadian-based franchises won 41 cups. The US teams won 25. From 1956-1993 Canadian franchises one out of the 37 Stanley cups awarded 27-10. Post 93 3 franchises have repeated as champions. Pre-93/13 franchises repeated with three of them winning at least four in a row and a total of five with a minimum of three. Canadian teams pulled the feet eight times U.S teams 5. I'm going to try to make a point, pre 1993 21 teams 2:1 players stayed on the teams longer. Go back every 10 years from 93 and it's always been 2:1 all the way back to the original six. Every year a different team wins nowadays players play for three or four teams in their career and now it's 3:1. 25 u s teams 7 Canadian. American teams have better odds to draft the better players because they have more draft picks. 30 years ago you think that Edmonton oilers of the '80s could even be a roster now. The Montreal Canadiens basically started farm systems they had a huge advantage. The Detroit Red wings owner didn't care about winning he just wanted to make money that's why Toronto has won a cup since 1967 because Harold Ballard could put a team that wins two games a year and be the most profitable team in the NHL. All Canadian teams should have one a cup by now but like I said the odds aren't in their favor
“Mike Modano” 😂😂
I seriously feel dumber after watching this
Taxes. Making 8 million in Tampa is just as good as making 10 million in Toronto. So American cities can pay their players less which makes for better teams under the salary cap.
The biggest reason is the unfair tax advantage many states have that those teams can use to their pleasure signing players who would command more in Canadian markets. States like Florida don’t have a state income tax so they can sign a $5mil player for $3.5 as that player would be making the same take home as if he had signed for $5mil in Canada. League parity is what is needed when it comes to the salary cap. Base cap for each team on the tax scale for which they reside in. Montreal would have the highest cap while Tampa and the Panthers would have the lowest cap space.
As an American and a die hard Rangers' fan, I say Canada only has 7 teams and a horrible tax system. Instead of trying to change America's tax system to "equalize" the teams, Canadians should demand that Canadians pay less in taxes.
There is no conspiracy, everyone knows it is Bettman
What a dumb comment
The Canadiens got greedy and shadily broke into the LA Kings dressing room to measure and mark sticks in 1993. This unethical action brought shame and a curse to the organization. The curse has spread to all teams in Canada. CurseoftheKings
Isn't using illegal equipment unethical too... double standard. And what Montreal did was legal, it's not like they cheated. If they were wrong, they would have been in penality kill. IDK if your were joking or not with this comment, but I might have taken it personally lol.
1993 - Wayne Gretzky's high stick not called on Doug Gilmour allowing Los Angeles to go on to the Finals
Or the refs were told to favor Los Angeles, that seems likely.
Second largest US market, hockey is not popular in the states....it would be logical for Bettman to favor LA with calls...and that's exactly what happened.
Part of it is the US has more teams to win with, We only have 7
If the NHL gave Canada at least 3-4 more teams like they should've, instead of f*ckin adding so many American teams, we would've won a LONG time ago and more than once since 1993....
Do the math if a Canadian team wins the cup the NHL will loose money because there's not a big enough population in Canada
Real reason is quite simple.
More teams in the NHL based in the United States and with talent from outside of Canada becoming more and more prevalent.
Also More teams tends to homogenize the talent and with Canada's high tax rates and lesser value than the American dollar,
I'm no economist but I think the logistics are rather evident.
Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming - have no income taxes.
Since only Texas,Florida,Nevada and Washington have NHL teams as a free agent if you only cared about money those would be the 5 best teams to play for assuming the other teams offered the same amount.
So if a player was offered 8 mill a year from the Stars.Lightning,Kraken,Knights or Panthers without an income tax and allegedly Canadian taxes are higher? if a player only cared about the money they would only look at or care about those 5 teams.
Another factor is how cold Canada is which also applies to American teams that are more northern.When you making millions you can finally decide to move to the weather you prefer more year round.I live in Michigan now and it is soooooo cold vs California where many parts never see snow ever.
Even if there was the same amount of teams in Canada and USA I still think that free agents wanting the most money will naturally look more at the 5 teams with no income tax. That puts the 27 others at a disadvantage right away.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants Yes. That is my point. More players want to live and work in the United States simply because the taxes are much more lenient ANYWHERE in the USA over ANYWHERE in Canada.
Meaning it ALSO costs a LOT more to maintain a Hockey arena in Canada too. MUCH more fingers dipping into that pie.
@@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants It simply costs more to run a team in Canada than in the United States because of out depreciated value of the dollar.
And that is besides the taxes because we're reputed to be the Best place for Hockey, but that is sadly NOT so anymore as Rosters right now seem to indicate Canada only represents 40% or so of the total NHL attendance.
Its harder as Canadians to be Hockey players and fans because the Government literally is sucking the people dry.
This is a symptom of a much larger issue, and not the effect of one.
Canada stands to lose 2 more NHL arenas in the next 5 years however there also stands to be MORE in the USA.
That is JUST evolution of a business. Hockeys not a sport anymore .. its a business.
Business is not so great in Canada.
We LOVE hockey but when NHL tickets cost 3 digits and more EVEN IN NHL arenas in the United State, this is true.. Whos got that income these days?
AS for the 'too cold' bit.. That's just silly. You DO know.. you NEED cold.. for Ice.. right?
Canada has natural Ice.. USA does not unless you wanna lug your teams to Alaska.
Canadas got hockey 24/7 365(6).
USA does not.
When your hockey seasons over, your arenas are converted to basketball and other indoor sporting events.
In Canada, we have places that are hockey all the time.
Hell i STILL play midnight hockey with my school guys every 2 weeks on Sundays.
Agree or disagree, thats your opinion. Mine is what I stated.
Canada has lost its prime players to the American dollar on American teams.
That is why Canada has not had a cup.
@@timomajere Yeah I would be interested to see how much a Canadian or American playing for those 27 teams is taxed vs the 5 if they all made the same amount per year on the contract.
Plus that taxes are more lenient for the rich here too.
How does it cost more to run a team in Canada make a difference to the players? unless you mean it as Canada is not looking to get a new NHL team anytime soon?
If you mean it as a Canadian who wants to be a pro that it is more expensive that applies to here too.A 14 or 15 year old can outgrow their uniform and unless its hand me downs that would add up faster vs the other 3 major american sports.I get what you are saying if it is clearly more expensive now vs 20 to 40 years ago with inflation/taxes.
If there was the same amount of teams in Canada they would have won by now but as you say the finances/taxes is part of the reason they dont.
I dont know why you disagree with my cold part though.Even Canadiens taught me that there is so much snow in parts they have to play/practice indoors which is the same as doing it in Florida.While you have ice in parts 24/7 365 I know many Canadians dont live in those parts either so that isnt a good counter argument.
A Canadian player who plays for the Lightning or Panthers can wear shorts and a tank top to work and when they leave.While some Canadians and Alaskans can play on the ice outside year round if you were a millionaire who didnt like the cold that much you could envy the Canadian players in Florida who can just go to a rink whenever the same as rich americans and canadians do now anyway.
That an arena is converted here is still on the arena and as you said its a business.From a money POV more Canadians would be better off to follow the example of Andrew Wiggins.When he wanted to play basketball in winter time if there was only hockey rinks that would suck.If the arena only cared about money you would just put on the sport you think would generate that or its child.Ice/roller skating Americans vs hockey/roller blading Americans to see who pays more? I have no idea but the most casual American will probably pick ice/roller skating I assume.
The most hardcore obviously set something up inside their own house or you find a close enough local who will/has.Matthews grew up in Arizona FFS so obviously an American that wants it bad enough has some options to practice hockey year round.
Just go watch the ref when its a canadian team vs an us team, you will see.
And its worst whn the team is canadian and speak french
How about NHL Lottery is fixed. Garry Bettman gifting Patrick Kane & Bedard to Chicago.
Yeah it’s because Canada has higher taxes and because of that less value. However the Winnipeg to AriZona was the worst relocation in all of professional sports.
Agreed. The Coyotes have done nothing but struggle ever since the move. And now they're getting pulverized in the Central Division.
One word... Bettman
Bring back the Quebec nordiques and add a Hamilton team to increase chances
Blame Batman
If I was a betting man I would say the reason is Bettman🎰
Who's the guy in the black hat @ 1:15? I can't seem to place his face.
80% of this is fact
Definitely a conspiracy 😅
2004, game 6.
That puck was IN!
Agreed!
Teams in Canada have a different culture tolerance. When teams down south struggle, the animosity goes unnoticed. Up North, if you miss the playoffs once, people want you to blow it up.
He didn’t say anything about the bra laying around 😄
That's exactly sounds like NFL fans in America if your NFL team misses the playoffs fans want the coaches fired etc. But that's to be expected the NFL is the number one sport in America.
That's to be expected in Canada hockey is the number one sport so fans in Canada are more passionate when their teams missed the playoffs just like fans in America are more passionate when they're football team misses the playoffs.
I'll trade ya the cups for the gold medals
Reasons:
- 25 American Teams and only 7 Canadian (7/32 chance)
- literally Bettman lol
That made no sense
Well the Oilers are one win away from ending that streak
The streak continues...
It's Gary. It's always Gary.
Saved you 3 minutes and 15 seconds.
Nothing to do with him just a lame excuse for why our teams suck
Still Canadians winning the cup but they’re playing on American teams.
Canadians and Canadiens coping and seething.
I got a better idea. Let's form a 7 team league, kick out all the American teams, and play for the Stanley Cup, and good luck trying to get a Canadian judge to give the Stanley Cup to the Americans.
If that happened, this "All-Canadian NHL" would become lowbrow like the CFL and the Leafs would likely lose most of their fanbase. Despite this All-Canadian sentiment, we like to play with the big boys.
USA, USA, Hollywood, Hollywood - +10% cap for US team, gogogogogo, Lord Stanley Bettman !
Too much pressure to win now. Teams don't rebuild properly. Also up tempo style of most Canadian teams don't have the defensive structure needed to win in the post season.
Honorable mentions to Chiarelli & Babcock sabotaging their teams in the recent past.
This dudes sooooo great.
This video looks like it was filmed on a ten year old iPhone and edited in iMovie. There is probably a conspiracy behind that too…. 🤔
It's real ... Since 93 or maybe started the plot before that.
It makes no sense at all!!! Why aren't more fans saying anything? What the hell?
Come on, that's JR at 1:28 saying it's powers we don't understand
Can we talk about your settings on your camera? My eyes man, god damn I need sunglasses to watch this.
Canada has what 7 teams , this year it's possible for Leafs vs Oilers so we shall see. Or Leafs vs Calgary .
Out of the 3 Canadian teams in the playoffs this year both of those will be lucky to make it passed the first round. Calgary might do alright but wouldn't get through Colorado in the West final.
The leafs and oilers barely have goaltending, Calgarys more likely that either of them.
@@politicalbandwagon4989 leafs dont have goaltending?
@@galifianakis2808 Campbell would be a third or fourth string on pretty much every team in the league.
@@politicalbandwagon4989 are you on drugs Campbell won't not be third string on "pretty much every team in the league". Sure he isn't the best goalie in the playoffs but in a goalie tandem he would be great, even more so with good dmen around him.
Based
or the fact that there is almost 4 times more american teams than canadian teams. and in the few canadian teams there are, none of them were good in the past 30 years.
I usually stop watching NHL Playoffs after all the Canadian teams are eliminated.
So first round?
you haven't watched much playoffs then.
@@klauskarlkraus I've watched a few games so far & maybe its because I'm pessimistic, or that I'm starting to give up entirely.
Usually the first or second round, eh ?
There is always next year. Canadian teams need a true #1 goalie.
i pretty sure its rigged cuz last year tampas mayor said she wanted her team to win at home and she said it when they were in montreal and then they lost there then they won at home. Coincidence? I think not!!!
we created and made the sport popluar so 1:) canada should have more teams 2:) let canada win the cup 3:) there should be a law in both here and in the states to make it illegal to rig sports like there is a law banning game shows from being rigged
Most pple believe it's Bettman
Who knows?
If this continues then I would propose all the Canadian teams to sell to US markets and start our own league called North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Where every province has atleast 2 to 3 teams with real canadian hockey players bought out from tje NHL
It's just a thought of frustration
Lio, I've been saying this for years. Keep the Stanley Cup in Canada. There is no judge in all of Canada who will award the Cup to the NHL if an all Canadian league was set up.
@@grousetheghoul2754 At this point if the Stanley Cup is an Nhl trademark then the new cup can be called the Great Gretzky cup or something
I don't know.
All I know is we love the sport but entangled in the politics.
You could say the same about the Blue Jays? At least the Blue Jays have World Series wins.. Go Rays
not since 1993. Coincidence with NHL?
@@JohnnyMegabyteCanada last world series win was 93..
@@JohnnyMegabyteCanada im sorry I live in Tampa so... GO BOLTS!
@@MrSmithgobucs you'll never see me cheering for the Leafs, even though I've lived here for last 42 years. I'm not a homer. But the Blue Jays did have a good run in the early 90's.
@@JohnnyMegabyteCanada Root for Tampa! The Bolts are trying to make History with the Three Peat! The Jays are looking good this year matter of fact the Jays are in Tampa this week
Canadian teams are under to much pressure to succeed to do a proper rebuild there’s your answer
Here’s an idea…just bear with me here…
Play better?
🤣🤣 HILARIOUS!!!
Before Gary Bettman was commissioner, the largest gap that a Canadian team didn't win a cup was 6 years. 1993 was the year the last Canadian team won a cup, which was also the year Bettman was appointed commissioner.
There has only been 1 team that he brought to Canada, which was the same team he originally got rid of and brought to Phoenix. Since then be has added Nashville, Atlanta. Columbus, Minnesota, Vegas and Seattle to the NHL.
i agree! there have been reports of quebec city joining havent heard much since
Who cares how many teams he added that doesn't explain why the teams we have all suck
Also it's the last time the Blue Jays won a World Series and the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup93 for all you Leafs fans it was it was 1967 the last time you guys want
All Avrils died 8 years ago.
Hes hilarious
For everyone stating that the income tax is the reason why Canada hasn't won the Stanley Cup back yet, I would like to point out that Canadian teams have won the NBA Finals and two World Series in the time between the last Canadian Stanley Cup and now.
Income tax in those two sports should have a greater impact on the team, since the Blue Jays and Raptors are the two Canadian teams in their respective sports. The Blue Jays only had the Expos as their only Canadian competition.
If income tax truly prevented Canada from assembling winning teams, the Raptors and the Blue Jays should never have won at anything.
Both the nba and mlb do not have a salary cap
@@BeinIan123 American teams still have the advantage there because they can still spend more than the Canadian teams because of the lower income tax.
Aye I’m first here that never happens
If Arizona wins the Cup then it's a Bettman conspiracy for sure! 🤣
and i think we also have a coincidence that maple leaf didn't win a stanley cup in 60 years
1974, raped by refs to help grow a more violent version of hockey to an American audience. 1975, same thing as 1974. 1993: The worst single piece of officiating in the history of the sport. Hairboy Fraser and his no call on Gretzky when Wayne's illegal aluminium weapon cut Gilmour for 40 stitches. The NHL insults everyone's intelligence and tries to say the puck struck Gilmour. Why ? They were trying to market the game in the US, and Gretzky was the NHL's poster boy. A major for highsticking would've given the Leafs a PP in overtime, and with that lineup, a goal was a certainty. This is only 3 examples, there is at least one for every year the Leafs made the playoffs. My message to the NHL is this : Ballard and Clancy are both dead. Give it a rest and stop punishing the team for when they were both alive, and not afraid to call it for what it is : a joke funded with American money.
The Leafs are Canada's best team these days it's not their fault or team suck
I blame the moon landing for the jinx
That’s why we need a Canadian as a Commissioner. He’ll bring the Cup back in Canada .
We need a hockey fan as commissioner. All Bettman cares about is the business aspect.
The NHL went to hell in a handbasket when they allowed the first American President in 1975 . I was afraid of this way back then, and the reality is even more crushing than the nightmares were.
@@grousetheghoul2754 all of the NHL owners share profit. Where are you going to put a team in Canada that's going to profit enough to not put one in an American city that will? Gary Bettman is probably the best commissioner in sports. The biggest problem in Canada is the provincial government do not want to fund arenas. Huge money comes from those boxes and from TV contracts. How many people are watching TV in Quebec? Hamilton could get a team but they need a brand new arena and a good solid owner. The Calgary Flames owner should pay for that damn arena himself or they're going to lose their team
@@OnGod1007 Ken, the problem with your entire statement is that every last word of it is the truth. Bettman's job is to make money. It's why he was hired , and it's what he's good at. And those big green American dollars flow northward to the greedy Canadian owners, and Bettman keeps everyone happy on both sides of the border. A fun fact for you Ken, there are more people in the Metro New York City area than the entire COUNTRY of Canada. When the big money is to be made, the Canadian teams get knocked out " accidently " by some suspect refereeing to keep the bottom line as " green " as possible
The reason why is there's 7 Canadian team in the NHL and 25 American teams
And here an American is looking to bring it back to Toronto 😂
Bettman. Enough said.
Nothing to do with him just a lame excuse.
Sorry, Canada. Your theories do not hold water. FACT-->One of the USA's greatest players plays in Canada...one Austin Mathews. FACT-->The Canadian dollar isn't worth nearly as much as the US dollar, therefore free agents don't necessarily want to go there. So...no conspiracy. Although, I do agree that Gary Bettman is more of a Business Man than a hockey guy. Get a hockey guy to run the league next time, and things may or may not be different. We'll see.
The American teams voted in Bettman, The Canadian teams that opposed it had no say. The conspiricy is there because of the weaker dollar. Bettman was put there by the American owners to make the American teams money. Your post doesn't hold water, by your own admission. These are facts too.
"FACT-->The Canadian dollar isn't worth nearly as much as the US dollar, therefore free agents don't necessarily want to go there."
Fact, the NHL pays players in USD. So if your contract is 1 million dollars, and you live in Canada you receive 1 million USD.
You said, free agents don't want to go to Canada because the dollar (the US dollar they pay players with) is worth less.
Dangerously stupid lol
Awful content. So stupid. I expect more from Sportsnet😪😪
Exactly, this is so cringy. This guy thinks he is so funny but he's completely obnoxious and unfunny.
Get out of your basement and see the sun boys
@@DarkRaven47 get out there and create some content my man! Make me laugh beard man!
Can’t wait to see your comment on the next video