The good news was that Canada didn't get called on a single penalty. Only PP was for Canada. So no euro ref conspiracy! In fact, cleanest game I've ever seen. One awesome hit (geekie destroyed redlich) and that's about it. No TSN camera, ref review, hit from behind, 'unavoidablr' or 'beibg too Strong' headshot
For me
I didn’t cherry pick. Follow the chain I said
The only relevant blocks are blocks cherry picked to be favorable to your point. Good grief.
What? Compare nhl demographics 20 years ago as far as player by nationality to now.
This is wildly inaccurate. The proportion of Russians in the NHL is the highest it’s been in 20 years. Russia emptying out their jails to conscript people to Putin’s war doesn’t impact hockey at all. Hockey is actually thriving in Russia right now with new, modern khl arenas that are generally full, good tv deals and a very financially viable league. This trickles down to junior and minor hockey because the clubs sponsor all of that. The “khl generation” of kids that have played all their youth hockey since the formation of the khl are generally stronger than preceding ones because of this overall trend.
No, this is extremely unlikely. The infrastructure for hockey in the U.S. is not at Canadian levels and the numbers are already plateauing. We’d need to see a lot more rinks being constructed and new minor teams and junior teams pop up that are on the pipeline to NHL pyramid to get to a point where the U.S. overtakes Canada in terms of NHL players produced. It’s possible with demographics and a changing culture that those things start to collapse in Canada and old rinks aren’t replaced, youth teams have to close up shop, skill coaches get new jobs because it’s not economically viable in which case USA could overtake by sheer default but it’s not all that likely as long as Canada can hold steady and weather the current inflationary storm.
No dude. I’m describing a trend based on observable data. You’re being pedantic for the sake of argument. The conditions that made 5 straight Canadian victories a reality is not reflective of the reality today. You can compare nhl draft numbers, the decline of prominent Canadian goaltending development and see that clearly. We don’t need to wait another 5 years to knock off some more of those five straight victories to make that observation just so it fits in your (cherry picked) sample.
You are arguing that you should adapt your sampling to fit the data. It's not pedantic to point that out, it's just correct.
It’s the same in all white countries. Yes it is an issue all these countries will need to address, your statement that Russia will cease to exist as a country is laughably false.
That’s what you literally did. lol. You picked a favorable sample for your point and said “this is what we have to use”. I’ve repeated it many a times which you seem to keep ignoring. 4 of 7, 1 of 8, 5 of 5. You don’t like that for whatever reason and so keep ignoring it.
This is depressing to think about, but certainly a trending reality. Maybe I should root for a Canadian team to win a Cup lmfao. Canada not caring about hockey at the same rate they have is just sad.
Recreational hockey is declining because it’s been squeezed out by the elite track. I’m gonna need to some junior teams (not the predatory leagues either, but the serious ones) close and consolidate first before I start preparing the autopsy.
Russia can kiss good-bye to international
Forget about it. Russia can kiss "good-bye" to any international hockey unless they change the attitude which will not happen any time soon.
Cool thanks for admitting you lied. The 25th oldest Russian in the NHL is Shesterkin who was born 12/30/95 and so just turned 28. The median is Alexander Georgiev, born 2/10/1996.
I don't think much changed in the caucasian population. But when you import people, your population and dynamics change. (this is not an argument against importing people)
