Best Hockey City on Earth?

[Max Power]

Spezza is from Mississauga...

Oh my!

Someone should inform TSN Mississauga is not part of Toronto!!

 

[swosh]

Riga>Kladno.

You should compare Riga with bigger city like Edmonton, Winnipag, Prague. Kladno is relativly small city and has large influnce. Thats why i posted it. So i was off topic.

To the topic: It is Halifax, cause of epic movie GOON

 

[rduck1]

Team Finnish Capital region(Helsinki/Espoo/Vantaa)

Filppula - Filppula - Ruutu
Bergenheim - Lehterä - Enlund
Hagman - Peltonen - Selänne
Savinainen - Ramstedt - Pihlström
Petrell, Teräväinen

Lepistö - Karalahti
Näkyvä - Eronen
Väänänen - Melart
Lindell, Lajunen

Lehtonen
Niemi
Koskinen

Maybe this is cheating since it's technically three cities, but they are pretty much one place these days. None of them can field a respectable team on their own anyhow.

 

[MuchoMacho]

Not totally clear on what being "from a city" means in the context, but I'll assume it means being born and raised in the city (or its suburbs, eg: Markham, Richmond Hill, Etobicoke, Vaughan) and not "general area" cities (eg: Brampton [Nash] or Oakville [Tavares]) for this exercise:

Team Toronto:

L| C| R
Mike Cammalleri| Steven Stamkos| Chris Stewart
Matt Moulson| Stephen Weiss| Cody Hodgson
Andrew Cogliano| Chris Kelly| Jeff Skinner
Daniel Winnik| Brandon Pirri| David Clarkson
Matt Halischuk| |

Ex: Wayne Simmonds

HM: Raffi Torres, Steve Downie, Peter Holland, Mike Blunden, Rich Clune, Anthony Stewart, Reilly Smith, Devante Smith-Pelly, Anthony Camera, Christian Thomas

D| D
Mark Giordano| P.K. Subban
Trevor Daley| Chris Tanev
Carlo Colaiacovo| Dougie Hamilton
Brendan Smith

Ex: Theo Peckham

HM: Derek Joslin, Jamie Oleksiak, Mike Kostka, Ryan Murphy.

G
Brian Elliot
Chris Beckford-Tseu
Andy Chiodo

HM: Eddie Pasquale, JP Anderson, Adam Dennis (if ones that have played for other countries can be included).

Goalies clearly suck, and the blueline is very shallow, but the offense is still there. At least in NHL terms, Toronto still takes the cake, IMO.

Toronto looks a lot better when you consider it the GTA:

Seguin Stamkos Nash
Skinner Tavares Spezza
Weiss Bolland Clarkson
Monahan Hodgson Simmonds

 

[MuchoMacho]

Winnipeg is pretty good too, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews, Travis Zajac, Duncan Keith with James Reimer in net. Plus, Colton Orr and Frazer McLaren to punch faces!

 

[Back in Black]

Especially if it was before the 1st official draft in 1963 when The Habs got to pick French kids from their own Province before anyone else could touch them!

this is a stupid myth.

Dude, do your homework before you speak. The NHL actually introduced the draft in 1963 because of Montreal's stranglehold on Quebec kids.

The other 5 of the "Original 6" teams wanted equal drafting rights in Quebec too.

 

[Finnsane]

My attempt on Team Oulu (counting players who played in Oulu during their junior years)

Jussi Jokinen - Mikael Granlund - Juhamatti Aaltonen
Janne Pesonen - Markus Granlund - Juha-Pekka Haataja
Miikka Salomäki - Mika Pyörälä - Joonas Donskoi
Saku Mäenalanen - Juho Keränen - Ville Leskinen

Joni Pitkänen - Ville Pokka
Lasse Kukkonen - Topi Jaakola
Mikko Lehtonen - Oskari Korpikari

Pekka Rinne
Tomi Karhunen

Well, I'm probably forgetting some players that would make the team. This would at least be a superb team for Finnish elite league if nothing more

 

[Binary Code]

Dude, do your homework before you speak. The NHL actually introduced the draft in 1963 because of Montreal's stranglehold on Quebec kids.

The other 5 of the "Original 6" teams wanted equal drafting rights in Quebec too.

Dude in this thread it's about the players being born in Montreal not players playing IN Montreal. Just leave with your useless drama please.

 

[Captain Catatomic]

Selannes top 10 on his own practically =P


Also love how winnipeg has their top 3 guys on team canada, what do ya say about that Tor/Edm ?

 

[Stats01]

Not totally clear on what being "from a city" means in the context, but I'll assume it means being born and raised in the city (or its suburbs, eg: Markham, Richmond Hill, Etobicoke, Vaughan) and not "general area" cities (eg: Brampton [Nash] or Oakville [Tavares]) for this exercise:

Team Toronto:

L| C| R
Mike Cammalleri| Steven Stamkos| Chris Stewart
Matt Moulson| Stephen Weiss| Cody Hodgson
Andrew Cogliano| Chris Kelly| Jeff Skinner
Daniel Winnik| Brandon Pirri| David Clarkson
Matt Halischuk| |

Ex: Wayne Simmonds

HM: Raffi Torres, Steve Downie, Peter Holland, Mike Blunden, Rich Clune, Anthony Stewart, Reilly Smith, Devante Smith-Pelly, Anthony Camera, Christian Thomas

D| D
Mark Giordano| P.K. Subban
Trevor Daley| Chris Tanev
Carlo Colaiacovo| Dougie Hamilton
Brendan Smith

Ex: Theo Peckham

HM: Derek Joslin, Jamie Oleksiak, Mike Kostka, Ryan Murphy.

G
Brian Elliot
Chris Beckford-Tseu
Andy Chiodo

HM: Eddie Pasquale, JP Anderson, Adam Dennis (if ones that have played for other countries can be included).

Goalies clearly suck, and the blueline is very shallow, but the offense is still there. At least in NHL terms, Toronto still takes the cake, IMO.


Uhm aren't you missing one huge name. Ohh I don't know..JOHN TAVARES! John played his junior hockey in the city so he counts IMO. Either way it's debatable I guess I would include him on the list for Toronto but even without him it's still a pretty decent team.

Is Dave Bolland mentioned? The guy is from Mimico for crying out loud, I'd have him on the Toronto team. Last I checked, Mimico/Etobicoke was in Toronto.

 

[Stats01]

Oh my!

Someone should inform TSN Mississauga is not part of Toronto!!

eww..just reading the name Mississauga makes me want to throw up lol..Toronto wannabes. I never want Spezza to put on a Toronto jersey.

 

[Stats01]

Oh my!

Someone should inform TSN Mississauga is not part of Toronto!!

Yeah they should because it isn't...does it really say on TSN he's from Toronto? damn.

 

[hans26]

Riga>Kladno.

lol, how many players from Riga play in the NHL?

 

[Leafsdude7]

Not totally clear on what being "from a city" means in the context, but I'll assume it means being born and raised in the city (or its suburbs, eg: Markham, Richmond Hill, Etobicoke, Vaughan) and not "general area" cities (eg: Brampton [Nash] or Oakville [Tavares]) for this exercise:

Team Toronto:

L| C| R
Mike Cammalleri| Steven Stamkos| Chris Stewart
Matt Moulson| Stephen Weiss| Cody Hodgson
Andrew Cogliano| Chris Kelly| Jeff Skinner
Daniel Winnik| Brandon Pirri| David Clarkson
Matt Halischuk| |

Ex: Wayne Simmonds

HM: Raffi Torres, Steve Downie, Peter Holland, Mike Blunden, Rich Clune, Anthony Stewart, Reilly Smith, Devante Smith-Pelly, Anthony Camera, Christian Thomas

D| D
Mark Giordano| P.K. Subban
Trevor Daley| Chris Tanev
Carlo Colaiacovo| Dougie Hamilton
Brendan Smith

Ex: Theo Peckham

HM: Derek Joslin, Jamie Oleksiak, Mike Kostka, Ryan Murphy.

G
Brian Elliot
Chris Beckford-Tseu
Andy Chiodo

HM: Eddie Pasquale, JP Anderson, Adam Dennis (if ones that have played for other countries can be included).

Goalies clearly suck, and the blueline is very shallow, but the offense is still there. At least in NHL terms, Toronto still takes the cake, IMO.

Uhm aren't you missing one huge name. Ohh I don't know..JOHN TAVARES! John played his junior hockey in the city so he counts IMO. Either way it's debatable I guess I would include him on the list for Toronto but even without him it's still a pretty decent team.

Is Dave Bolland mentioned? The guy is from Mimico for crying out loud, I'd have him on the Toronto team. Last I checked, Mimico/Etobicoke was in Toronto.

Note the bold I put on my original post.

And I took Pirri ahead of Bolland. I suppose an argument could be made, but I like his extra offense and skating ability better.

 

[featherhawk]

montreal is the only answer if you are being realistic…..

 

[MJALLTHEWAY]

Winnipeg is pretty good too, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews, Travis Zajac, Duncan Keith with James Reimer in net. Plus, Colton Orr and Frazer McLaren to punch faces!

Thunder Bay buddy.

 

[29dryden29]

Best hockey city on earth:

Simple answer

Every city in Canada

 

[Namejs]

lol, how many players from Riga play in the NHL?

Read the entire thread before posting. This is not about which city has more NHL players, but rather about which city could field the best team.

 

[Shrimper]

This is the best that Pittsburgh could do;

Ryan Malone - RJ Umberger - Brandon Saad

Mike Weber - Matt Bartkowski

NO GOALIE

 

[untouchable21]

Yeah - exactly. Like a little league world series.

Vancouver might look something like:

Lucic - Nugent-Hopkins - Kobasew
Kane - Santorelli - Yip
Ladd - Renhart - Johansen
Seabrook - Hannan
Hunt - Dillon

Price
LaBarbara

None of the bolded are from Vancouver.

Nugent-Hopkins - Burnaby
Ladd - Maple Ridge
Seabrook - Richmond
Price - Anahim Lake

 

[untouchable21]

Born/raised in the cities. Montreal could only use Montreal boys. Helsinki, Helsinki boys, etc.

So Every city has to use players from that city but Vancouver is allowed to pull players from all over the province????

 

[sickest flow bro]

Cole Harbour, NS

2 first overall picks out of a population of 25,000

If it was the size of Toronto, Cole Harbour would have approx 240 first overall picks

 

[jigglysquishy]

Spezza is from Mississauga...

For taxation, politics, governmental planning, and logistical reasons, Mississauga is Toronto. I'm sure the members of the community feel it's distinct, but for everyone else it's just a Toronto suburb.


The answer is Toronto (present day) or Montreal (historically). Every other answer is just someone playing with themselves.

 

[veganhunter]

If we are going strictly off of place of birth:

Steen Toews Sharp
Dawes T. Zajac Ma. Stone
Garbutt Eakin Weise
McLaren Reaves Orr
Boyd
Ashton
D.Zajac
K.Zajac
St. Croix

Keith Mi. Stone
Barker Meech
McIlrath Baldwin
Martin

Ca. Pickard
Ch. Pickard
Deckert

 

[shibbiness]

lol Spezza doesn't even make the cut for team Toronto

He didn't include the GTA. Otherwise you got Tavares, Spezza, Seguin, Nash etc.

If GTA was included (and I think it's fair game to include them), they'd be top easily.