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Originally Posted by Vulcan
In 2017 there were actually 4 Canadians and 1 American taken in the top ten so your argument is skewed. Also in team play the American juniors are beating our Canadian kids fairly regularly.
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On the first: Obviously, since Europeans are drafted as well. I used CSB's top ten NA skaters list as it has consistent criteria and largely restricts itself to the two nations under discussion.
On the second: I presume you are referring to USA Hockey's success at the U18 level? Much of that is a result of the US U18 team being the USNTDP program team, which plays together throughout the season. That offers a significant advantage over teams that are thrown together just for tournaments. At younger age groups, Canada's talent base is divided into two or four teams per tournament. And none of this has translated at the U20 and adult levels, however.