Make it seven.
The slogan used by ex-Research in Motion exec Jim Balsillie in his ill-fated effort to bring the then-Phoenix Coyotes to Southern Ontario now can be used to describe Canada’s Stanley Cup drought.
The Edmonton Oilers became the seventh Canadian team in a row to fall short after advancing to the Stanley Cup Final when they lost 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in Game 7 on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.
It has now been 31 years since the country celebrated a Stanley Cup.
Since the Montreal Canadiens won the Cup in 1993, the Oilers and Vancouver Canucks each have lost two Cup Finals, while the Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators and Canadiens have dropped one each.
It’s been close. Five of those seven losses have come in Game 7.
This time, the Oilers fought back from a 3-0 series deficit, only to lose a nailbiter in Game 7.
The 1993 Canadiens famously won 10 consecutive overtime games to take the Cup, beating Wayne Gretzky’s Los Angeles Kings in the Final. Gretzky’s magic prevented a dream Toronto-Montreal Final after the Kings ousted the Maple Leafs in Game 7 of the Campbell Conference Final at Maple Leaf Gardens.