Is hockey in Canada dying?

[JungleBeat]

The United States is taking over as the hockey superpower with them churning out players. Canada seems to be falling behind.

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[KirkAlbuquerque]

A Serbian keeps winning NBA MVP is basketball dying in the US?

 

[JianYang]

As reverend lovejoy once said:

It all over people.... we don't have a prayer

 

[joelef]

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7128495I’

 

[ThatsSoSlavin]

No the wage gap is increasing so more people are able to purchase specialized training while the majority won’t be able to, you can look at a lot of recent NA draft picks, rarely are they a “feel good story”

 

[Zarzh]

Obviously, I think we already had this thread a few months ago. With mass immigration and the related lowered quality of life, fewer kids with grow up playing hockey in Canada.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

A Serbian keeps winning NBA MVP is basketball dying in the US?

How about the last 6 years no one from the USA has won an MVP.

This will also probably continue as the 1st to 4th were all non USA and then to top off the best player this year is from Camroon who probably should have watched got injured and didn't hit 65 games meaning nobody from the USA is currently a top 5 player in the NBA.

 

[Kranix]

It's surpassed by basketball but it doesn't mean it's dying, but who cares anyway. Hockey isn't the biggest sport in any country.

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Not as much as basketball is dying

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Obviously, I think we already had this thread a few months ago. With mass immigration and the related lowered quality of life, fewer kids with grow up playing hockey in Canada.

Yeah but Canada will still produce the most talent regardless

 

[WarriorofTime]

No, it's not dying. Canada has an insane number of ice sheets. It will remain the primary NHL feeder throughout my lifetime.

 

[Three On Zero]

It’s not dying per se, but families are quickly getting priced out of it.

 

[WarriorofTime]

How about the last 6 years no one from the USA has won an MVP.

This will also probably continue as the 1st to 4th were all non USA and then to top off the best player this year is from Camroon who probably should have watched got injured and didn't hit 65 games meaning nobody from the USA is currently a top 5 player in the NBA.

Embiid will play for USA at the 2024 Olympics. He is a naturalized citizen that played high school and college in the USA.

 

[CanadienShark]

Oh my goodness. Looking for attention with a hot take, are you?

 

[Bond]

It’s pretty simple math. As the game grows in the US there will be more American players. Canada is a small population

 

[Turin]

No, but if the trends of the last 10 years continue it will be. You can only price out the demographic who is passionate about it while replacing the dying population with Indians for so long before it catches up to hockey in Canada.

 

[kudla]

I wonder if the popularity of basketball is growing in the world or USA ?

 

[Adam da bomb]

Aren’t the last 2 1oa Canadians? Bedard, celebrini.
When was the last American picked 10a?

 

[Three On Zero]

No, but if the trends of the last 10 years continue it will be. You can only price out the demographic who is passionate about it while replacing the dying population with Indians for so long before it catches up to hockey in Canada.

This ain’t it

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Bedard, McKenna, Fantilli, DuPont, McDavid, Makar, Johnson, Celebrini, etc.

“Dying”

 

[WarriorofTime]

Aren’t the last 2 1oa Canadians? Bedard, celebrini.
When was the last American picked 10a?

Probably James Hagens next year. Past tense, it was Jack Hughes.

 

[Golden_Jet]

The United States is taking over as the hockey superpower with them churning out players. Canada seems to be falling behind.

lol, you wish, usually one who makes a thread, has some backing behind it, other than because.
look at TV numbers as one example , higher in Canada, with 1/10 the population.

 

[Turin]

This ain’t it

Canadas demographics are rapidly changing, especially since 2020. If you think pointing that out is offensive feel free to leave the discussion to adults.

 

[jigglysquishy]

Per capita, you would have to go before WW I to see it be less popular.

I've noticed a huge drop off even in the last 10 years. Youth hockey numbers are down.

Other sports are exploding in popularity. Basketball has overtaken hockey in under 13s for both popularity and participation.

 

[Three On Zero]

Canadas demographics are rapidly changing, especially since 2020. If you think pointing that out is offensive feel free to leave the discussion to adults.

This still ain’t it