re too many europeans in nhl euro bashing in article rauser sfu ca rauser fraser sfu ca richard john rauser writes 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 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 plexiglassso 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 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 i just don t want them on mine ah so now we re into european player bashing what next no more french canadiens yeah there s an idea let them french speaking canadiens have their own hockey league we don t want them are you crazy the nhl is one of the true international leagues and yes there are many europeans who deserve to play in the nhl and are better than some north americans look at teemu i for one am glad to see europeans in the nhl and i hope the nhl soon expands to europe its nice to see all these different people come together to form the soon to be hockey teams 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 darryl brooks university at buffalo go bills sabres and magic
