>Many years ago they moved the NHL "Quebec nordiques" to Colorado (Avalanche). The Avalanche won the Stanley cup soon after that move.
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>We just lost the MLB "Montreal Expos". Now it's the Washington Senators. As of today their record is better that the Montreal Expos's record for 1994. 1994 was the year of the strike when the Expos was the best team in MLB.

It goes further than that. There wouldn't have been good intentions to avoid/stop the strike in 1994 because the best record in the majors was hold by the Expos. And, guess what, the probabilities of having two canadian teams in the World Series, which were really high, would have been a total disaster for the MLB. So, add that year as well to the conspiracy theory.