text: can an nhl team from canada win the stanley cup in 2006?   yes. ottawa,calgary and montreal are all likely to qualify, toronto are alson in with a shot to get into the play offs,   toronto are on a hot steak at the moment and if they qualify they are in with a good shot  montreal have been playing very well at the moment and will definetly hold onto the 7th playoff spot and have a chance to go on to the final of the conferance  calgary are not the team they were before the playoffs that said if they qualify they are definitely in with a shot  ottawa have excellant goal tending defence and attack and are one of the best teams in the nhl  and are odds on to be the conferance winners, they are definately in with a shot  this could be the year that the jinx on the canadian teams that has been there since 1993 will be lifted