Which players are playing for their home town teams?

[Albatros]

Ste Agathe is like 80km away from Montreal....There is none... Danault is from far away too.

Ouellet is from Terrebonne.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Wings have many from Michigan: Larkin, Namestikov, Merril, Dekeyser, Glendenning, formerly Abdelkader

Any from Windsor, or even Essex County?

 

[Zenos]

Taylor Hall and Jeff Skinner for the Sabres.

Taylor Hall is from Calgary / Kingston. Or am I missing a joke??

 

[HotDish]

Taylor Hall and Jeff Skinner for the Sabres.

 

[sufferer]

am I missing a joke??

Yes.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

Yes.

I’m actually trying to figure out an answer to your joke that would make it funny and I can’t

 

[Nharris31]

Johnny Tavares
Mitchell Marner
Joe Thornton
Charlie Coyle
Matt Grzelcyk
Zach Parise
Ryan Suter
Jonathan Drouin
Adam Fox (from Nassau County, Long Island but still Rangers country)
Dylan Larkin
Danny DeKeyser
Luke Glendenning
Cody Eakin

Suter is from Wisconsin

 

[Leafs87]

Leafs from the GTA:
- Tavares
- Marner
- Hyman
- Dermott
- Simmonds
- Spezza

Leafs from Southern Ontario:
- Muzzin
- Brodie
- Thornton

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[member 157595]

Joel Farabee was born in Syracuse, NY but his Dad is actually from the Greater Philadelphia area and the family are all Eagles fans. Close enough.

Where was he raised? I was born and raised in the Syracuse area but my parents had been living in Philadelphia the previous 10 years before I was born, so I'm admittedly a bit curious.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Tavares is not from toronto

 

[Pyrophorus]

Taylor Hall is from Calgary / Kingston. Or am I missing a joke??

Skinner is from T.O.
Hall bought a house in T.O. this spring

Closest thing I can think of.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Tavares is not from toronto

Nor is Marner then.

 

[WhatTheDuck]

Ducks prospect Chase De Leo grew up a few miles from the Honda Center

 

[Captain97]

Ste Agathe is like 80km away from Montreal....There is none... Danault is from far away too.

Victoriaville is less than 2 hours from Montreal and Ste Agatha is about 1. I'd consider both of those "locals" when talking about sports organizations.

 

[Hatfield]

Off topic. But there seems to be no current NHL players with a New York accent. Not even Fox who is from Nassau County.

And New York accent means NYC area (Five Boroughs). Not Western NY.

It’s always seemed curious to me how so few players are from the NYC area. Even though it’s not a “hockey town” they do have three teams and sheer population size would seem to dictate that it should be well represented.

How many players are from NYC proper? Nick Fotiu, Matthieu Schneider, and....?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Nor is Marner then.

Correct

 

[joe dirte]

Tavares is not from toronto

Hes from the Greater Toronto Area. Its toronto....

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Hes from the Greater Toronto Area. Its toronto....

Gta is not Toronto lol.

 

[joe dirte]

Gta is not Toronto lol.

Do you understand how metropolitan areas work? Its one continuous city.

Have you ever, in your life, been there?

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

Do you understand how metropolitan areas work? Its one continuous city.

Have you ever, in your life, been there?

Born and raised lol and trust me Markham is not Toronto.

 

[joe dirte]

Born and raised lol and trust me Markham is not Toronto.

Markham is the bubble people. But literally there is no break in the city. You cross steeles and thats all.

Its one city. There is no difference.

 

[The Podium]

Gta is not Toronto lol.

You’re really reaching if you don’t think Mississauga or Vaughan are considered “hometown” for the Leafs

 

[BlueBaron]

Lol can't expect anything normal from a thread the Leafs shine in. HF classic.

I cannot think of a more petty topic to argue over. If you don't consider the GTA to be Leaf territory you are better served by silence.

 

[Nathaniel Skywalker]

You’re really reaching if you don’t think Mississauga or Vaughan are considered “hometown” for the Leafs

Consider them what you want. They are not Toronto

 

[The Podium]

Consider them what you want. They are not Toronto

They are not Toronto proper but absolutely are the Toronto Metro area....