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Europeans are as fast and tougher than the formerly sought after Quebecers....

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Originally posted 08:04 AM ET  10.21 by sam27

lol...really? I found a place that many players are hoo king up with h ot mo dels, seems the club called: __Tallconnect Co M___, do you hear this before?

Me love you long time...

On topic... making Maple Leaf players look better than Ovechkin...

Proof that you can make stats do anything you want them to...

We should institute a new policy of affirmative action for the NHL draft. Minorities are simply not being represented enough in recent draft classes, and this is the only way to right this wrong.

Hooooo-eeeeeee!

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Originally posted 08:14 AM ET  10.21 by Otis B. Driftwood

Me love you long time...

French FrostLanders.......Bangkok....this is rolling.....is there Hockey in Thailand??

I reread this about 3 times....still dont get what it says.Maybe its me..maybe its a stupid article that should have never been posted. Discuss.....

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 08:53 AM ET  10.21 by Buc Fettman

I reread this about 3 times....still dont get what it says.Maybe its me..maybe its a stupid article that should have never been posted. Discuss.....

I don't think its you, the article is definatley stupid, and I'm not sure what its all about either. Who is it saying their is a biast against? Ontario, Quebec or Russia? If its biased against one or all threee of these, then who is stealing the picks? And What is the art thrown in that says LEafs players are having a better year the ovechkin? Does the whole leaf team together even have as many points as him?

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Originally posted 09:07 AM ET  10.21 by El Guapo II

I don't think its you, the article is definatley stupid, and I'm not sure what its all about either. Who is it saying their is a biast against? Ontario, Quebec or Russia? If its biased against one or all threee of these, then who is stealing the picks? And What is the art thrown in that says LEafs players are having a better year the ovechkin? Does the whole leaf team together even have as many points as him?

Toronto Star... enough said

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Originally posted 08:46 AM ET  10.21 by TedC44

French FrostLanders.......Bangkok....this is rolling.....is there Hockey in Thailand??

if there isn't, bettman will put it there

This story ran on TSN last night - an ex NHLer named Bob Sirois has written a book that claims the entire hockey system discriminates against Quebecers. He is serious as well, to save you from asking that question. The cover of the book even has a frog facing off against a bull, playing that much more of the race card. Unreal. They even interviewed Francois Beauchemin, who stated he doesn't see it and hasn't noticed it...ever. Mathew Barnaby - now a commentator on TSN for those of you who don't know - played in the QMJHL and he came out and said that the Q doesn't prepare its players for the NHL game as well as the W and the O, which would go a long ways towards the lack of representation in the NHL, if there is such a thing. Bob McKenzie noted that there is often a "lack" of Quebecers on our World Junior teams because its been Western coaches the last 5 years and they are more likely to stock a team with players they are familiar to seeing play regularly, which makes sense. Geez, they had the chance to correct it this past tourney when they had hired on a French coach, but he quit before picking the team, and Pat Quinn took over with a Western dominated team again. Giroux COULD have weighted the team towards the french end of things, but he took the job with the Rochester Americans instead.

The book isn't even being published in english - the author says its to send a message, but TSN did a bit of snooping I guess and found out that no publishers were interested in the english version of the book.

Personally speaking, I think this is just another example of a minority coming up with a conspiracy theory as to why they can't keep up with the rest of the world. Its not by accident that the best players aren't coming out of Quebec anymore - and the last one that did wasn't even french, haha. Think about it by looking at the highest end talent in each of the drafts since the lockout. Crosby (product of the Q, not french), Ovechkin, Malkin, Tavares, Toews, Kane, Doughty, Bogosian, Cody Hodgson, Taylor Hall next year...none are french. Do you really think THE LEAGUE is trying to keep the frenchmen down? Or, more realistically, have the french simply dropped off in terms of talent level/maybe not have the commitment level necessary to be elite? Alot of times, when you fail, its YOUR fault, not everyone elses...

It makes no sense to say it's a NHL bias. No one likes Quebecers.

I you build it they will come.

And to my eye the Q-Bec junior league is simply not building it.

They play hockey in Japan too. But nobody from that league is getting drafted either. Is that discriminatory?

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Originally posted 09:53 AM ET  10.21 by goCanada!

Personally speaking, I think this is just another example of a minority coming up with a conspiracy theory as to why they can't keep up with the rest of the world. Its not by accident that the best players aren't coming out of Quebec anymore - and the last one that did wasn't even french, haha. Think about it by looking at the highest end talent in each of the drafts since the lockout. Crosby (product of the Q, not french), Ovechkin, Malkin, Tavares, Toews, Kane, Doughty, Bogosian, Cody Hodgson, Taylor Hall next year...none are french. Do you really think THE LEAGUE is trying to keep the frenchmen down? Or, more realistically, have the french simply dropped off in terms of talent level/maybe not have the commitment level necessary to be elite? Alot of times, when you fail, its YOUR fault, not everyone elses...

Been this way for 1000 years and will be for another.
"The fault dear Brutus lies not in our stars, but in ourselves"

Russians are hurt because there is no transfer agreement. Would you want to spend your first round pick on a player that may or may not ever play for you and stay in the KHL.

Francophone's aren't hurt in the draft, they are always just complaining about something.

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Originally posted 08:27 AM ET  10.21 by shafnutz05

We should institute a new policy of affirmative action for the NHL draft. Minorities are simply not being represented enough in recent draft classes, and this is the only way to right this wrong.

What minorities? Russians, that is because there is no draft program. What are you going to due, force every team to draft one Russian in the draft.

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Originally posted 10:35 AM ET  10.21 by Argos: GOLD!!!!

What minorities? Russians, that is because there is no draft program. What are you going to due, force every team to draft one Russian in the draft.

Yes.

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Originally posted 10:40 AM ET  10.21 by shafnutz05

Yes.

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. With your last pick, you have no Russians, but there is none good left, so you are forced to draft a **** guy that you know will never even make an AHL team, and wont come over from the KHL.