Minnesota - the state of disappointment??

[kerrabria]

The following list includes the 37 players who meet the following criteria:
- Minnesota-born
- At least 25-years-old
- Played in the NHL during the past two seasons
- At least 100 career games


Brock Boeser, Brock Nelson, Casey Mittelstadt, Anders Lee, Brady Skjei, Tommy Novak, Nick Bjugstad, Justin Faulk, Ryan McDonagh, Ryan Poehling, K'Andre Miller, Noah Cates, Nick Perbix, Mikey Anderson, Will Borgen, Ryan Lindgren, Nick Leddy, Blake Lizotte, Cole Smith, Dylan Samberg, Nick Jensen, Johnny Brodzinksi, Nate Schmidt, Nick Seeler, Scott Perunovich, Kyle Okposo, Blake Wheeler, Joey Anderson, Hudon Fasching, Zach Parise, Justin Holl, Alex Goligoski, Erik Johnson, Derek Forbort, Travis Boyd, Dominic Toninato, Tyler Pitlick

Am I crazy, or does this seem like an embarassing group?

It's a who's who of cap dumps, buyouts, bad contracts, underwhelming first round picks, and filler players who seem to last way longer in the NHL than you'd expect.
There's a recurring theme of big bodied players who don't skate well and can't generate offense. Also players who came into the league highly touted and then fizzled out or never took the next step. And to a lesser degree, there's a number of guys with bad press tied to their names.

Do you have similar reaction or am I just being dramatic?

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[GeeoffBrown]

I feel like if you got all these players in their prime it would not be a bad team. Very strong on the wing

 

[tarheelhockey]

Better not let @super6646 see this Brady Skjei slander.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Minnesota has produced the most NHL Players out of an USA state by a massive margin. Of course a lot of them are going to be "down the liners".

Edit: This list alone has more players on it than all but 6 United States have even produced... 7 States have never produced an NHL player at all.

Minnesota has also put out some really great talent as well... Kind of a bizarre thread here, man.

 

[NVious]

They're no Hawaii or Idahos

 

[aylib]

Ryan McDonagh leads the league with +/- 31 at the age of 35, playing opposing top lines.

 

[rynryn]

not what i was expecting when i opened the thread. we are perpetually disappointed, but not because of this lol.

 

[NHL1674]

WTF is this? For real?

 

[AKL]

WTF is this? For real?

When you're at the top, people wanna see you fall

 

[Coffee]

WTF is this? For real?

Get used to getting hated, you guys are only going to better

 

[Zaddy91]

Imagine spending your time writing something like this out.

 

[ThatGuy22]

It's also missing Oettinger, Lindgren and Lyon

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Let's be real, the state produces Brocks and Blakes like no other

 

[Coffey]

not what i was expecting when i opened the thread. we are perpetually disappointed, but not because of this lol.

Same here lol

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

No superstars for sure which is surprising, but other than that you can put together a pretty solid team if you take the best guys in their primes.

 

[LarKing]

Not every state can be Michigan when it comes to producing quality and quantity NHLers

 

[Nstar to Wild]

Being from MN - I've also wondered why we don't produce more players in a higher tier. We do seem to produce a lot of Meh players.

 

[account deactivated]

I wish we had the option to take away likes from an account.

 

[Mr Kot]

A lot fo really great players there. Is OP a "boney knees, wouldn't bang/10" sort of guy?

 

[aylib]

Oettinger and Lindgren are both from a small town - Lakeville, MN

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Oettinger and Lindgren are both from a small town - Lakeville, MN

Not so small anymore.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I don't think it's out of line to ask where the high-enders are. Would be nice to hit on at least a Cooley-type more often.

Guentzel might not have been born in Minnesota, but all of his development happened there; Faber doesn't make the arbitrary 25 year old cutoff. They make it a little bit better.

 

[Machinehead]

I mean, OP kind of has a point.

For the quantity of NHL players it produces, Minnesota's top talent is a bit behind where you would expect it to be.

 

[Drake1588]

I've known plenty of Minnesotans who have been down on the Wild from time to time, though less so lately. The prevailing sentiment among them where players from Minnesota are concerned is usually pride, though, and with good reason.

 

[HisIceness]

I mean it's a good plethora overall.

Of all the states that produces players, Ohio surprises me the most with only 34. Would have figured they'd be in the 75-100 range.

NHL Players Born in Ohio, United States | Hockey-Reference.com

NHL Players Born in Ohio, United States

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Also only 9 from Norway is surprising