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What this article has done is outed all the Canadians on HN. Hey hosers!

There is no reason other than the US teams just happen to have drafted better, hired better etc. Nothing to do with economics as there is a hard salary cap.

Edmonton won the lottery this year and will get McDavid. Maybe that swings the tables. Had a Canadian team won the lottery the year Crosby was drafted, maybe that changes things.

Not all trends are explained by stats.

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Edmonton is going to be a scary team over the next few years, given how well they've done in the draft lottery.

Or they will continue to be a black hole for first round talent. They badly need to get their act together at the highest level before they can even think about putting together a competetive team. An ownership change may be in order.

To be fair, Edmonton has also been quite unlucky in the draft. Although they have won the lottery a few times recently, the years inbetween where they went #2 or #3 franchise players like Stamkos and Taveres were drafted.

Luckily they got McDavid, so that kinda evens things out.

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