Ottawa in the Stanley Cup

Congratulations to the Ottawa Senators, winners of the Eastern Conference. Most of Canada (hey, Toronto fans, jump on the bandwagon) is rooting for the Cup to come back to Canada.

This is the third straight year a Canadian-based team has reached the Stanley Cup finals. Calgary and Edmonton have done it the last 2 years.

Now, every Canadian-based team has made the Stanley Cup finals at least once. Every Canadian-based team has made it since 1994, when Montreal was the last Canadian-based team to win the Cup, except for Toronto.

There is a source of pride to keep the Cup in Canada and not have it go to the South (or Southern California).