Why Can’t Canada Win the Stanley Cup? (2013)

Re:Why Can’t Canada Win the Stanley Cup? (2013) by mcrae on Monday June 01, 2015 @10:02AM (#9638605)

I might be wrong, but I don't suspect that forex plays a large part. The NHL has both a salary cap and a salary floor (the cap -$16M) denominated in USD. Further, between 2009 and just earlier this year, the CAD was at par or stronger than the USD for most of the time.

I looked at some data [1] which shows that CA teams have an average salary ~5% lower than their US counterparts. The 2 teams with the lowest salaries are American.

You are right that the Americans have all our best players though. More than 50% of NHL players are Canadian, followed by ~25% American, and ~8% Swedish.

[1] http://www.hockeybuzz.com/cap-central/

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Re:Why Can’t Canada Win the Stanley Cup? (2013) by tixocloud on Monday June 01, 2015 @11:32AM (#9639377)

I see. Yes, I am curious as to why most of our best players are on American teams. Wondering also if it's just that Canadian teams struggle with coaching or if it's the fact that we just can't get great players (which I don't believe is true. Despite the Leafs not doing well, the team isn't actually that terrible I'd say).

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