Canada v USA

[generalbulldog]

If it's disappointment and heartbreak you look for in a hockey team then look no farther than the Vancouver Canucks, one of the most pathetic franchises in the history of athletics. 40 years of hockey, no championships, and only two trips to the finals. They didn't make the playoffs or have a winning team for something like 15 years straight and yet somehow I love them.

So the Canucks are like the NHL's version of the NFL's Detroit Lions?

You be the judge:

Vancouver Canucks (1970-Present)

They're actually worse! Haven't won a championship and had bad seasons for 15 years.

Yes the Lions have been bad the last 10 years but at least they have 3 championships in their history although this was before the Superbowl era but still it's something. And they were pretty decent during the Barry Sanders years and made the playoffs.

I think a more appropriate comparison would be to the NBA's Clippers.

[CFH]

So the Canucks are like the NHL's version of the NFL's Detroit Lions?

You be the judge:

Vancouver Canucks (1970-Present)

They're actually worse! Haven't won a championship and had bad seasons for 15 years.

Yes the Lions have been bad the last 10 years but at least they have 3 championships in their history although this was before the Superbowl era but still it's something. And they were pretty decent during the Barry Sanders years and made the playoffs.

I think a more appropriate comparison would be to the NBA's Clippers.

The Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley Cup in 1917 before the NHL even existed. That is all a major-league Vancouver hockey team has ever won