The Semi-Official Hockey Thread...
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Oh c'mon! I said it would be fun. I really don't expect to see one... in fact ever. Odds are just way against it in any given year.
Of course one day it *could* happen but there are too many Wings, Flyers, Av, etc teams that will be around to clobber hope of an all Cdn Stanley cup. It becomes especially unlikely with two Cdn teams facing each other in the first round (i.e. Calg/Vanc Leafs/Sens).
The Leafs or Sen would have a LONG way to go to get by the competition (probably Tampa and Flyers) The Flames or the Canucks (Prob Flames) would have to get by Sharks and Wings (or Avs). DOesn't seem too likely.
Your Wings are going to have their hands full with the Av and SJ Sharks (or Flames). That should be a great series.
Of course one day it *could* happen but there are too many Wings, Flyers, Av, etc teams that will be around to clobber hope of an all Cdn Stanley cup. It becomes especially unlikely with two Cdn teams facing each other in the first round (i.e. Calg/Vanc Leafs/Sens).
The Leafs or Sen would have a LONG way to go to get by the competition (probably Tampa and Flyers) The Flames or the Canucks (Prob Flames) would have to get by Sharks and Wings (or Avs). DOesn't seem too likely.
Your Wings are going to have their hands full with the Av and SJ Sharks (or Flames). That should be a great series.
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Found this... thought it was fun to read. Of course I may be the only one in this thread who remembers.... Ah, Bobby Baun, Davey Keon and Johnny Bower... 
The 1966-67 season was the last comprised only of the "Original Six" teams in the NHL before the six-team expansion in 1967. Montreal had won the Stanley Cup the previous two seasons and the Leafs had won the three prior to that. But the Leafs were an aging team led by goalies Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk, defensemen Tim Horton, Allen Stanley, Bobby Baun and Marcel Pronovost and forwards George "Chief" Armstrong, Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich and Eddie Shack that had been swept out of the 1966 semifinals by the Canadiens.
Toronto knocked off the favored Blackhawks in six games and met the Canadiens, led by rookie goalie Rogatien Vachon, in the Finals. Punch Imlach steamed the Canadiens and long-time rival coach Toe Blake by calling Vachon "a Junior B goalie," reminiscent of coach Bob Hartley's psych job on Roman Turek in the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The teams split in Montreal, then Bower made 60 saves in a 3-2 Game 3 win. The Canadiens won Game 4 but Sawchuk won Games 5 and 6 to capture the Maple Leafs' 13th and last Stanley Cup.
The 1966-67 season was the last comprised only of the "Original Six" teams in the NHL before the six-team expansion in 1967. Montreal had won the Stanley Cup the previous two seasons and the Leafs had won the three prior to that. But the Leafs were an aging team led by goalies Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk, defensemen Tim Horton, Allen Stanley, Bobby Baun and Marcel Pronovost and forwards George "Chief" Armstrong, Red Kelly, Dave Keon, Frank Mahovlich and Eddie Shack that had been swept out of the 1966 semifinals by the Canadiens.
Toronto knocked off the favored Blackhawks in six games and met the Canadiens, led by rookie goalie Rogatien Vachon, in the Finals. Punch Imlach steamed the Canadiens and long-time rival coach Toe Blake by calling Vachon "a Junior B goalie," reminiscent of coach Bob Hartley's psych job on Roman Turek in the 2001 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The teams split in Montreal, then Bower made 60 saves in a 3-2 Game 3 win. The Canadiens won Game 4 but Sawchuk won Games 5 and 6 to capture the Maple Leafs' 13th and last Stanley Cup.
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Hopefully this link clears up. It's a chart of the expansion over the years. I made this a while ago to address a discussion of "the original six". "The original six" is a term that I use a lot but you can see by the chart that the six are no means original... there were 5 originally and they were: Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs and the Toronto Arenas.
The "Original six" were the six were between '42 and '67.
Interesting?