Hockey a cruel irony.  

I am Canadian and you are right Hockey is our game but not like the old days At one time 95percent of players where Canadian born but today we are having more and more European players so that the sport is becoming international .Weather wise you are away off I spent years in Fort Erie a Canadian town across from the Niagara River and Buffalo is certainly not a sunny good weather ....and storms in Chicago,Detriot ,Atlanta are just as bad as in Canada and with the global warming things are sure changing I am not sure USA doesnot care about hockey ...and i think you are being very unfair and uninformed....Who won the world series in 1991 and 1992 and which Canadian team had a great run in the NBA and next year it will be a better year I love Canada and would never in a million years to move to the USA and because this site is family oriented i will say no more Before it was Politics, Mexicans(hope i have the right user name for this one ) now its Canadians nice to see you are so fair minded Good Luck you are a friend I think

I do think you have gone too far in your analysis of the NHL and the Stanley cup in specific. The only reason that the US teams are winning, is that the NHl has become a business like all the other sports. Most of the players in the league are still Canadien, and with many Europeans in the mix with the US players.
It is not a US sport, just a Canadien sport played in US cities. In the international tournaments the Canadiens are still at the top. The Olympics, except for 2 quirks of luch, the Canadiens are always looked at with more fear and respect. In the under 17 ranks they are regularly at the top.
The US in it's sports are no longer the top, in baseball they are overwhelmed with Latin and now Japanese and other oriental players, who won the world tournament a couple of years ago, not the US. In basketball, the Olympics, we have been a disgrace to what we should be putting there, and many teams now have more then one foreigner on the team. And a Canadien team is now one of the top in the East.
When the US can regularly challange for international hockey gold then can we talk about the way Canada has dropped in their dominance of the game.
BTW, I am from the US, just outside of Philadelphia, and am a hockey fan from days back when there was 8 teams.

Well, the Duckies did win the Cup. I hope an earthquake doesn't happen and it is destroyed or perhaps lost in a mud slide...lol. I can't feel too sorry for Canadians not winning the Cup. Look at the great Montreal teams that won so many. I have nothing against Canada, and hockey is perfect for that country. Soon, we will have an all sunbelt Stanley Cup final. Maybe something like Nashville vs Tampa Bay. Oh boy.

Being from an original 6 team city, I like hockey for the playmaking, and not so much for the hitting and fighting (which seldom happens anymore). Sure it is a rough sport, but it takes some skill especially playing on an ice surface. Taxes are too high everywhere, but that is the fault of government's and their notorious overspending and waste.