re too many europeans in nhl rauser fraser sfu ca richard john rauser writes 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 according to what reasonable principle of justice does standing in intimate geographical and psychological relations to a league give one some privileged right to play in it a european
