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Also (full disclosure here), the task of interpreting results of this 2015-16 Postmedia hockey poll of players and fans has fallen to a scribe who has divided his career among Edmonton (22 years, five Stanley Cups), Toronto (seven years, zero Cups) and Vancouver (11 years, also bupkes).

This doesn’t mean he hasn’t spent weeks, even months, in hotels and rinks and ballparks and drinking establishments in Calgary and Winnipeg, Montreal and Ottawa, thereby qualifying him to venture semi-informed opinions. Just saying …

First, the fan poll:

Favourite/least favourite Canadian-based team: We combined these two because the results are hilarious. The Toronto Maple Leafs are No. 1 in both categories, meaning they’re the top love/hate club among Canadians. The Winnipeg Jets rank last in both, meaning most respondents have no feelings about them, either way. The Jets are just sort of … there. But the answers, understandably at present, indicate a lot of ‘meh’ toward Canadian teams in general.

Next Canadian team to win the Cup: This was a nail-biter between Edmonton among those with endless faith in the inevitability of No. 1 draft picks, and Montreal among those with endless faith in Carey Price. I might have gone for (h) it’ll never happen again.

Norris Trophy winner: Too close to call. The Senators’ Erik Karlsson, clearly the class of the East, will probably win again because everyone loves points and high risk/reward, and are a little unclear about what else defencemen are supposed to do. Give me Drew Doughty, the 200-foot player and two-time Cup champion, any time, but I also understand living in the East and being in bed by the time the Western guys drop the puck. (p.s., in another year, the winner might be Nashville’s Roman Josi.)