The Canadian Stanley Cup Desert

Why Canada Has Gone 32 Years Without a Stanley Cup — and Why “Bad Luck” Is No Longer a Serious Explanation. (But why did my Fort Garry Rinky-Dinks almost take the Winnipeg city title? )

I’m a Winnipeg Jets fan.

Not in the modern, floating sense where loyalties change every few years depending on fantasy leagues, jersey designs, or social media trends. I mean genuinely. Irrationally. Permanently.

I grew up in Winnipeg. My family were not enormous sports people. They were more impressed by how I did at a piano recital or a mathematics comp…