The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to dominate with almost no Ontario-born players

[Vukotal Recall]

Matt Murray is the obvious exception, although they have been great with Fleury as well. Other than that, Ontario is repped only by filler forward Scott Wilson and vet D Trevor Daley. That's it, that's all. Hockey history-wise, that's pretty big. Lots of Americans, too.

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[Empoleon8771]

That's pretty neat.

 

[HitoftheMillennium*]

I'm not taking anything away from the Penguins, but they aren't "dominating."


Last year's team was quite dominant in the playoffs. This year's isn't.


Their Corsi Close % after two rounds was atrocious. I'm sure it went up during the series versus OTT, but they could easily have lost that match-up.

 

[Weezeric]

Shh, don't tell Don Cherry...

 

[Big McLargehuge]

*shrugs*

It matters not where players are born and the Penguins really haven't been close to dominating in these playoffs.

Plus Matt Murray is pretty important, even if it was the Québécois goalie who did the heavy lifting the first 2 1/2 rounds.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Imagine how many cups they would have won if their players WERE from Ontaria

- Don Cherry, probably

 

[TheProspector]

Nova Scotia is practically Ontario, thought, right?

 

[Reality Check]

Imagine how many cups they would have won if their players WERE from Ontaria

- Don Cherry, probably

This.

He'll always find an excuse.

 

[hockeykicker]

is not having a lot of players from ontario that good?

for those of us not super aware of certain regions can someone explain?

 

[Pharrell Williams]

is not having a lot of players from ontario that good?

for those of us not super aware of certain regions can someone explain?

according to this random chart i found that may or may not be accurate: http://www.quanthockey.com/nhl/province-totals/nhl-players-career-stats.html

44.3% of canadian players are from ontario

45.7% of current canadian players are from ontario

 

[syc]

They have more Ontario born players then Aberta, BC, Manitoba, Minneapolis, Sweden, Russia and many other big hockey hotbeds.

Whats the point of this thread?

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Who cares about that?

 

[Internet Explorer]

Doesn't matter. Crosbys been there long enough, he's practically a yinzer now.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Not sure why it matters that much, assuming it might be a Canadian province rivalry thing.

I do think the pens have concentrated a lot on NCAA players for no other reason than they feel they're undervalued. Guys like Guentzel, Sheary, Rust, Dumoulin are all NCAA hockey guys and have ended up providing great depth for the pens.

 

[Pyrophorus]

They have more Ontario born players then Aberta, BC, Manitoba, Minneapolis, Sweden, Russia and many other big hockey hotbeds.

Whats the point of this thread?

What it should be on face value: A statistical outlier.
Move this to the numbers board.

 

[lakai17]

Matt Murray does kind of play a big role for the team one has to suspect.

 

[Future]

The best players generally come from Ontario but you don't necessarily need a lot of players from Ontario to be good. Thought this was just common sense.

 

[notsocommonsense]

Who cares about that?

Nobody. . .

Well, one guy I guess

 

[NYRKING30]

This is actually a thread?

 

[TheBigThree]

Matt Murray carried the team in the playoffs this year. Pen's haven't been great, lets be honest. Fluery although decent the first couple playoff games, really **** the bed before he got pulled. Didn't he let in like 5 goals in 5 minutes in that one period. Murray has been stellar. Murray counts as at least 3 rotational ontario players himself.











Just talking outta my ass.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

*shrugs*

It matters not where players are born and the Penguins really haven't been close to dominating in these playoffs.

Plus Matt Murray is pretty important, even if it was the Québécois goalie who did the heavy lifting the first 2 1/2 rounds.

This. I found the Senators way more fun to watch when we had a ton of Europeans mixed in with Canadians and so on. It's good to have a mix.
Glad our cap is a Swede, but losing Rundblad for Turris still stings a ton.

 

[BlueDream]

So they have 3 players from there... Dumb thread.

 

[Butch 19]

Srsly??? LOL

 

[TaLoN]

They have more Ontario born players then Aberta, BC, Manitoba, Minneapolis, Sweden, Russia and many other big hockey hotbeds.

Whats the point of this thread?

Odd, you list Canadian provinces, and entire countries and one lone city?

If you meant the state of Minnesota... Cullen and Guentzel both hail from Minnesota.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

Well there you have it, it's possible to win without half your roster being from Ontario. Never would have guessed.