Minnesota - the state of disappointment??

[Super Hans]

You try growing up watching the Wild and see how that turns out.

 

[SupremeNachos]

It's also missing Oettinger, Lindgren and Lyon

Guentzel and Oshie

 

[ThatGuy22]

Guentzel and Oshie

Those 2 are Minnesota trained, not MN born. Nebraska and Washington respectively.

Guentzal is the cheapest one to not get MN creditm just happened to be born in like the only 2 years his dad wasn't working in Minnesota, and his dad was born in MN

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Worst kerrabria ever.

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

As a wise man once said They hate us cuz they anus. I think this saying applies perfectly to your post.

 

[eojsmada]

The all Hockey Hair team, alone, at the State High School Tournament turns that frown upside down. Nothing like a good salad bar.

 

[MoneyManny]

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.

Parise was definitely high end in his prime.

 

[JKG33]

And to a lesser degree, there's a number of guys with bad press tied to their names.

Other than Blake Wheeler, who was a whiny bitch the entirety of his career, who else on this list has any kind of even remotely bad press?

 

[DigitalBoldy]

I think we have inadvertently stepped onto a conspiracy. Hudson Fasching is listed as born in Milwaukee WI or Apple Valley MN depending on where you look. What the f***.

 

[SimpleJack]

If you think about it all Minnesota pro sports are trash. The Wild have never won a Cup, the North Stars never won a Cup either. The Wolves have never won a NBA championship. The Vikings have never won a Super Bowl(did win the NFL championship in 1969, pre-SB era). Its been 34 years since the last Twins World Series. That's brutal.

 

[MessierII]

Does any other state have that many nhl players though? I doubt it.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Does any other state have that many nhl players though? I doubt it.

No.

 

[MuckOG]

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[Dingo]

Without looking into it, I would suspect this is better than; every other state, most provinces, and most European countries.

Probably just Ontario, Sweden, Russia and Finland that are CLEARLY ahead. And then maybe BC and/or Alberta, and Quebec (who is in a big decline)

 

[twostroke2023]

Yes- but not just because of hockey. Mostly because it’s a trash state.

 

[NYRfan85]

When I saw the thread title, I thought this was going to be one of those 'Norm Green sucks, bring back the North Stars, etc.' threads.

When you produce a majority of US-born NHLers, you're also going to have more duds, just because of volume.

 

[BagHead]

I think we have inadvertently stepped onto a conspiracy. Hudson Fasching is listed as born in Milwaukee WI or Apple Valley MN depending on where you look. What the f***.

To a lot of people who live on the coasts, these two cities are the same city.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Parise was definitely high end in his prime.

Yep. '03 and '22 are a bit too far apart though.

Yes- but not just because of hockey. Mostly because it’s a trash state.

Oof. Off the top rope.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

To a lot of people who live on the coasts, these two cities are the same city.

To a lot of people on the coasts, the midwest is a state.

 

[rynryn]

Yes- but not just because of hockey. Mostly because it’s a trash state.

super awful living in a state with a high quality of life. :'(

 

[RedHawkDown]

Huh? If I saw this list I would be genuinely very impressed that Minnesota has this many active NHL players that are solid to very good. Is there any other US state that's even close...?

 

[Voight]