Why The Stanley Cup Keeps Slipping Away From Canada

The drought has become its own hockey tradition, which is a brutal thing to say about a country that treats the sport like religion. Since 1993, every Canadian contender has carried the same burden - the history, the pressure, and the endless reminder that somebody else keeps lifting the Cup. The question is not whether the talent exists, because it does, but why the final step keeps turning into the hardest one in the sport.