Is there a province that can boast has a better first line right now than Nova Scotia?

[Perfect_Drug]

It really just hit me how much of a talent nose dive Quebec has taken and how historically underwhelming B.C. has been.

BC underwhelming?

Yzerman Sakic?

Jamie Benn is from there.

Keith and Weber are aiight.

 

[End on a Hinote]

BC underwhelming?

Yzerman Sakic?

Jamie Benn is from there.

Keith and Weber are aiight.

Historically still not that many great players came out of here compared to other provinces.

And as I said earlier you cant count Stevie Y, he was born in BC but raised in Nepean, Ontario.

 

[JianYang]

BC underwhelming?

Yzerman Sakic?

Jamie Benn is from there.

Keith and Weber are aiight.

Don't forget kariya, neidermayer, recchi, Glen Anderson, Seabrook(who was pretty good once upon a time). Price will probably be fairly well regarded for his career as well when things are said and done. Neely has already been mentioned.

After this, you get into the next tier with the courtnalls, Danny gare, Ferraro, cliff ronning etc...

Some great names on that list, but they are mostly recent. It makes me wonder if hockey was a big deal prior to the Canucks arriving in 1970. I know the weather really doesn't make you think of hockey in the Vancouver area at least, and the water doesn't freeze over, but still....

 

[Bank Shot]

McDavid
A houseplant
A jar of pickles

Done

 

[Future GOAT]

Ontario.

 

[Tripod]

But my god the winter.

The winter is actually not bad most years compared to most of Canada. We don't usually get the cold that others get due to being on the coast. And the snow too as ours turns to rain lots of times.

When you see that Cakgary and Edmonton has already had snow, we don't have it too bad. Essentially Maine's weather just a day later.

Best 1st line too!

#2, #4, #10 top PPG guys since the start of last season. Not bad when the #10 guy is Sid.

 

[Three On Zero]

Historically still not that many great players came out of here compared to other provinces.

And as I said earlier you cant count Stevie Y, he was born in BC but raised in Nepean, Ontario.

You do realize being born in bc makes you from bc, regardless of where you are raised

 

[TheBeastCoast]

The winter is actually not bad most years compared to most of Canada. We don't usually get the cold that others get due to being on the coast. And the snow too as ours turns to rain lots of times.

When you see that Cakgary and Edmonton has already had snow, we don't have it too bad. Essentially Maine's weather just a day later.

Best 1st line too!

#2, #4, #10 top PPG guys since the start of last season. Not bad when the #10 guy is Sid.

Inland the winters can be pretty brutal. The Valley gets dumped on a lot because a lot of that rain that Halifax gets on the coast is snow for them. It is the kind of cold that gets right into your bones though having lived in Alberta it's just different.

 

[Taluss]

Crosby
MacKinnon
Marchand

Not bad for the 7th biggest province.

I’m not sure who is from where in terms of other Provinces but this line says enough

 

[Marner]

Pretty awesome.

Ontario's is pretty good, too.....

McDavid
Tavares
Seguin

Team Ontario wins

Mcdavid Tavares Seguin
Marner Giroux stamkos
Duchene o’Reilly Carter
E Stall scheifele Thornton

Doughty Burns
subban Giordano
Pietrangelo Hamilton

 

[End on a Hinote]

You do realize being born in bc makes you from bc, regardless of where you are raised

We will have to agree to disagree on that one. And even still, he is a product of Ontario minor hockey.

 

[Rude Dog]

Scary part is, for Nova Scotia, there are 4 kids right now that are big, fast and skilled and they are only in Peewee lighting it up. One kid has already put a few Crosby records to bed.

What’s the kids name. Would be interesting to check back in 10 years

 

[Soundwave]

'85 Gretzky McDavid Seguin, lets go, lol.

 

[SergeConstantin74]

It really just hit me how much of a talent nose dive Quebec has taken and how historically underwhelming B.C. has been.

Hopefully Lafrenière will become Quebec's first elite talent in a while.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

Alright here's my attempt at a list. Thoughts on the rankings? Ontario was difficult; Marner, Giroux, RoR and Tavares all on the outside.

1. Nova Scotia: Marchand/Crosby/MacKinnon

2. Ontario: Scheifele/McDavid/Seguin

3. British Columbia: Benn/Barzal/Johansen

4. Alberta: Hall/Point/Debrusk

5. Manitoba: Domi/Toews/Stone

6. Saskatchewan: Schwartz/Getzlaf/Schenn

7. Quebec: Drouin/Bergeron/Marchessault

Disqualified: New Brunswick, Newfoundland+Labrador, PEI

Bergeron alone jumps Quebec up to number 4 on the list.

 

[7even]

Bubbles - Ricky - Julian is the real ns first line

Mr. Leahy the number 1 defenceman

Randy as the goalie

Is this you talking, or the liquor?

 

[Machinehead]

Tonnes.

Absolutely not.

 

[b in vancouver]

Mainly because history extends before the 1980s. Other than Lynn Patrick, Bc didn't produce a hall of fame player, as in someone trained in the province, until Neely or debatably Brett Hull. By the time Neely started his career the NHL was in its 67th season.

As someone whom moved to Vancouver as an adult - I'm kinda surprised they have any NHLers. Neither the Lower Mainland nor the Island nor the interior can have outdoor ice - and that's were 98% (?) of the population lives. Rinks are so few and far between the the ice-time is so incredibly expensive compared to the rest of Canada that I have a tough time seeing how kids could develop to that level. - especially guys that would be in the league a decade or so ago before kids sports and activities across the board became the business it's become.

 

[Rowlet]

It really just hit me how much of a talent nose dive Quebec has taken and how historically underwhelming B.C. has been.

Yzerman, Sakic, Recchi, Glenn Anderson, Paul Kariya, Ferraro, Ronning, Courtnalls, Neely, Benn, Horcoff, Weber, Lucic, Rota, B. Morrison, Seabrook, E. Kane, Price

 

[Field of Dreams]

Team Ontario wins

Mcdavid Tavares Seguin
Marner Giroux stamkos
Duchene o’Reilly Carter
E Stall scheifele Thornton

Doughty Burns
subban Giordano
Pietrangelo Hamilton

That's a gold metal quality team

 

[Jets]

Manitoba

Nolan Patrick - Jonathan Toews - Mark Stone
Duncan Keith - Travis Hamonic

 

[Nylanderthal]

Don't forget kariya, neidermayer, recchi, Glen Anderson, Seabrook(who was pretty good once upon a time). Price will probably be fairly well regarded for his career as well when things are said and done. Neely has already been mentioned.

After this, you get into the next tier with the courtnalls, Danny gare, Ferraro, cliff ronning etc...

Some great names on that list, but they are mostly recent. It makes me wonder if hockey was a big deal prior to the Canucks arriving in 1970. I know the weather really doesn't make you think of hockey in the Vancouver area at least, and the water doesn't freeze over, but still....

We do produce an amazing number of baseball players though. I’m recent (4 years ago) transplant from the gta to the lower mainland and yeah, the climate here isn’t conducive to producing hockey players. No outside ice unless you’re way into the interior, but then the population base falls of with really only Kamloops as a city of any real size. Whereas the warm weather pretty well from March/April to late October in the valley allows for lots of baseball rain aside.

 

[ayoshi]

BC has the highest percentage of Asians in the entirety of Canada (More than a quarter of the population)
Im pretty sure these new immigrants aren't coming to Canada to become professional hockey players.

Immigrants are coming to Canada to be Canadians, and Canadians love hockey.

Joe Sakic, Paul Kariya (Asian), Recchi, Benn, Niedermayer, Johansen, Kane, Lucic, Anderson, Weber, etc, all had family that emigrated to Canada.

 

[Icebreakers]

Immigrants are coming to Canada to be Canadians, and Canadians love hockey.

Joe Sakic, Paul Kariya (Asian), Recchi, Benn, Niedermayer, Johansen, Kane, Lucic, Anderson, Weber, etc, all had family that emigrated to Canada.

Well obviously established immigrants. Certainly not first or second generation (rare).

 

[joe dirte]

Absolutely not.

Not sure I understand.