(For canadians) who hates when americans brag about there teams winning the cup when the players are Canadian?

Question

they have some U.s. and european players but most of their players are from canada and they're best ones too staal played 4 peterborough my home town stillman peterborough native and most of there other players

ya and i guess anyone wood brag about winning the cup but i hate the canadian teams suck comments

Answer 1

People get so touchy in regards to anything about their nationality.

Alright, so I am a Canadian girl (and go Pete's! I love going to see them when I'm at school), and yes I love to stand behind my boys, but I do have to agree there is talent all over the globe. But pointing out facts like "Oh, an American went first in the draft this year" is completely irrelvant. After all, remember all the stuff surrounding it because it was the first time in awhile? And it doesn't matter what happens AT the draft, it is what happens AFTER. Come on... look at some of the first round picks over the years! In 1992, Roman Hamrlik was drafted first overall. Heard anything from him lately?

This year the heart of Carolina was Canadian. No offense to you Yanks, even if the rest of the world outnumbered us, Staal, Brind'Amour, Stillman, AND Ward are all Canada-bred. There's more, but I don't think I need further evidence of that statement.

And all of you complaining about Canada's poor showing in the Olympics? Anyone bother to pay attention to the female hockey? I'm sorry, but we wiped out all of the rest of the world. And I think maybe that says something about our passion and talent for the game. Those women worked hard for that medal and they did our country proud!

I realize I'm rambling, but hockey is Canada's game. And we do make up a greater proportion than any other nationality. Yes - other countries play and love hockey. I am not denying that! But it hurts to see Canadian players get their anthem booed while playing for American teams, especially when you look at the talent of those individuals. Canada puts out a huge number of players who go on to become great. Regardless of a poor showing this year, our Olympic team was dynomite on paper, and even left off some of the arguably best current talent in our country (i.e. Crosby, Spezza, Staal was only on the taxi, and just watch to see how good Flurey gets in the next couple of years!).

Alright, maybe that all made sense, maybe not. I think I made my point.

Answer 2

You might want to rethink your stance on this issue.

Americans, for better or worse, control the NHL. Twenty-four teams out of thirty are based in the USA, and it is the popularity of the game in America that determines the chances of Canada getting more teams. If the league does well, then all of a sudden perhaps expansion could be seen again. If it doesn't do well, you're talking about less teams, less interest, and less of a chance for players from around the world to play at the highest level.

Now as for your "most players are from Canada" factoid, please consider the following - this is from a random sampling of teams from both Canada and America - the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference-

Amount of Canadians on the:
Devils: 8
Rangers: 8
Hurricanes:10
Canadians: 12
Canucks: 8
Bruins:6
Ducks: 12
Thrashers: 15
Sabres: 12
Flames: 18
Blackhawks: 10
Blue Jackets: 6
Avalanche: 13
Stars: 12
Red Wings: 6
Oilers: 17

From this random sampling, there isn't even a simple majority of Canadians in the league.

And beyond that, the Original 6 were comprised of the Rangers, the Maple Leafs, the Bruins, the Blackhawks, the Red Wings, and the Montreal Canadians. So as far back as the NHL goes in Canada, it is the same for America (and hey - even back then we outnumbered you 2:1.)

So be happy that at least some Americans not only follow, but rejoice in the same sport - even if it isn't the biggest sport in their country. While many a Canadian boy and girl grow up in hockey households, its a great number of fans (many who are American) who have to seek out this amazing sport - and they should be respected as much as the homegrown bunch.

Answer 3

OK, I'm only half Canadian, but I'll give it a shot. NO, I don't think Americans are stupid. Some of them are rude, but without the American teams and fans the NHL would have ceased to exist by now. And lets not forget that four of the six original NHL teams were and are in American cities. Booing the Canadian Anthem was rude, though. If you ask me it's a much better song then the American Anthem. And, personally I think some of the best players in the league are not Canadian. Like Nicklas Lidstrom. Let's see.... what country was it that won gold in Torino? Neither the US or Canada, so maybe we should all shut up and just enjoy some really great hockey!

Answer 4

It's not about where the players are from, but where the team's from. None of the Canadian teams are entirely made up of Canadian players, are they? And they haven't been for years and years.

Do you like CFL football? Because most of those guys who play are American.

Or the Toronto Blue Jays? There's not a single Canadian on their 25-man roster - and only one of them isn't American. Do you slam on American-based teams when they lose to the Blue Jays? Because some of them have Canadians playing on them.

Oh, by the way, in case you missed it, Canadians don't even make up half of the players in the NHL anymore. And who went first in the draft this year? That would be an American, and not a Canadian.

Did Canada even medal at the Olympics in Italy this year? Nope. Neither did the US, but hockey isn't our entire national identity, either.

Canadians are soo provincial when it comes to hockey! (No pun intended.)

Yes, I'm American, lived half an hour from the US-Canada border for 8 years, and I used to play ice hockey as a defenseman.

Don't blame the US just because you have a sparsely populated country with few big cities that can support an NHL team. Sharing hockey is a gift. You shouldn't feel like you have to keep it all to yourselves.

Answer 5

Yeah, what Koho said.

I don't get this Yahoo Canuck preoccupation with the perceived slights of American fans on the sport because we dare to love it, play it and own it.

I don't see a single US user on these boards posting a bunch of anti-Canadian "why do Canadian hockey fans... blah blah blah" questions, which aren't really questions but thinly disguised slams against American hockey fans.

As others here have said: the US is an integral part of the NHL, and has been since the Original Six.

American people are fans. Good, loyal fans who care that it's their TEAM. And not about anything else.

Get over it already!

Answer 6

They may be Canadian nationals but they are playing for an AMERICAN team so AMERICANS have a right to brag about their AMERICAN team just like the CANADIANS can brag about their CANADIAN teams when it has Americans, Canadians and Europeans on it. I don't bash the Canadian teams, even the one I do not like!

Answer 7

That doesn't bother me half as much as the line of thinking in Canada that U.S. colleges aren't churning out good hockey players for any number of reasons (short season schedule, facemasks, degree of competition, no fighting). Brind'Amour played college hockey. Sure, he's from British Columbia, but he played college hockey.

Canada is the recognized home of ice hockey. There's no doubt about that in my mind, but it's an international sport now. EVERYBODY needs to respect the game, the players on the cup winning team (no matter what the nationality) and the countries the players come from.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

I'm with you brother Ex. when Edmonton played the sharks they ******* booed the Canadian National Anthem and 2 of there best players are Canadian Thornton and Cheecheu, those ignorant americans.

Answer 10

other than soccer hockey is the only other truely global sport and with that said most canadians are anti american so yea we`re upset if an american team wins the cup but this year i was ok with it cause eric staal is from my home town i was happy to see him win the cup . now with the new cba soon it will be a 2 country race for lords stanley`s mug and if the final is exciting who cares who one as long as it was a good playoff for all teams