re too many europeans in nhl rauser fraser sfu ca richard john rauser writes ten years ago the number of europeans in the nhl was roughly a quarter of what it is now going into the season the numbers of euros on nhl teams have escalated to the following stats canadians americans europeans please note that these numbers are rounded off and taken from the top players on each of the teams my source is the vancouver sun here s the point there are far too many europeans in the nhl i am sick of watching a game between an american and a canadian team let s say the red wings and the canucks and seeing names like bure konstantinov and borshevshky is this north america or isn t it toronto detriot quebec and edmonton are particularly annoying but the numbers of euros on other teams is getting worse as well is the answer as simple as that you dislike russians i live in vancouver and if i hear one more word about pavel bure the russian rocket i will completely throw up as it is now every time i see the canucks play i keep hoping someone will cross check bure into the plexiglass so hard they have to carry him out on a stretcher by the way i m not a canucks fan to begin with okay the stretcher remark was a little carried away but the point is that i resent nhl owners drafting all these europeans instead of canadians and some americans it denies young canadians the opportunity to play in their north american league and instead gives it to europeans who aren t even better hockey players it s all hype this european mystique is sickening but until nhl owners get over it canadian and american players will continue to have to fight harder to get drafted into their own league with the numbers of euros in the nhl escalating the problem is clearly only getting worse and where would canadian hockey be today without the europeans dont say that the european influence on the league has been all bad for the game i mean look at the way you play these days less fights and more hockey imho canadian hockey has had a positive curve of development since the s when the game was more brute than beauty i m all for the creation of a european hockey league and let the bures and selannes of the world play on their own continent oh look you don t like finns either i just don t want them on mine too bad almost all of you northamericans originates from europe hmmm and what kind of a name is rauser doesn t sound very canadian to me ps when analyzing teams like italy france and great britain you find that a lot of their players are canadians with double citizenship ds richard j rauser you have no idea what you re doing rauser sfu ca oh don t worry about that we re professional wni outlaws we do this for a living remember no matter where you go there you are dr banzai l l tomas nopp tel ellemtel telecom systems labs fax box email tomas nopp eua ericsson se s alvsjo snailmail
