Friday, April 1, 2016

Canada's NHL playoff shutout has 'painful' ramifications (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, Montreal Canadiens coach Michel Therrien walks out past players, from left, Tomas Plekanec, Lars Eller Dale Weise, after the team's 5-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets in an NHL hockey game in Montreal. For the first time since 1970, no Canadian teams are in the Stanley Cup playoffs, and the seven missing out this year are an NHL record. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Paul Samborski and his father, Lenn, were at Winnipeg Arena for the original Jets' final playoff game in 1996 before the team moved to Phoenix. When the NHL returned in 2011, Samborski joined the thousands of fans who signed up for season tickets and brought his dad to the new Jets' first home playoff game last year against Anaheim. A year later, the Jets are out of contention and a spring of discontent is looming for Winnipeg - and the rest of Canada, too.


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