Another reason we could make it

Not a sufficient or even sensible reason for California to just break off from the United States entirely, but something I realized last night: California has more teams in the NHL playoffs than Canada does. Canada has 33.3 million people, California has about 37 million. Of course, Canada has 225,000 registered minor players in Ontario compared to California’s measly 4,300.

Of the three NHL teams located in California,

  • The Ducks have 11 Canadian players
  • The Kings have 11 Canadian players
  • The Sharks have 18 Canadian players

Conversely,

  • The Duck have 0 Californian players
  • The Kings have 0 Californian players
  • The Sharks have 0 Californian players

While not as self-sufficient as Minnesota or Massachusetts at providing our own hockey players, I think California has demonstrated a more-than-adequate ability to import high-quality Canadians to supply all of our domestic puck-chasing needs.

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  1. Burrowowl Post author

    One short round of playoff games later and both Canada and California are down to one team each, the Vancouver Canucks and the San Jose Sharks. Fun fact: the San Jose has more Canadian players on their roster than Vancouver.

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