To: Exit148
The NHL is actually very diverse if you consider all the different countries players come from. USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Chech Republic, Russia,...... But I guess they all look the same. Plus, the NHL has been pushing introducing hockey to black communities for a long time. If the kid is good enough, he should be able to make it. But please no affirmative action players.
72 posted on
10/19/2022 1:19:08 PM PDT by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: MPJackal
Just to give y'all an idea of how thin the talent level in ice hockey outside predominantly white countries, I've posted the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federal national rankings below. South Korea, at #19, is the highest-ranked Asian country.
And just to illustrate how lackluster this #19 ranking is, I posted the most recent year when each country won an Olympic medal in ice hockey.
2021 IIHF Rankings
1. Canada (2018)
2. Finland (2022)
3. Russia (2022)
4. USA (2010)
5. Germany (2018)
6. Czech Republic (2006)
7. Sweden (2014)
8. Switzerland (1948)
9. Slovakia (2022)
10. Latvia
11. Norway
12. Denmark
13. Kazakhstan
14. Belarus
15. France
16. Great Britain (1936)
17. Italy
18. Austria
19. South Korea
20. Slovenia
21. Hungary
22. Poland
23. Lithuania
24. Romania
25. Japan
74 posted on
10/19/2022 2:00:21 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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