Its clearly hockey that eats up our Talent pool. When our potential Elite male athletes are 16 they are still playing hockey by they give up their hockey Careers 20-21 years old they are far behind the elite athletes of other nations to get their 10,000 hours in.
A good example is Cindy Klassen. She was cut from the women's hockey team in 1998. Instead of staying in hockey she switched to speed skating and became dominant. If there had been a professional women's league that paid well she likely would still be playing hockey but thier really only is one team. Imagine if all but the top 50 canadian hockey players played other sports. With our limited population the NHL and competing to get to the NHL steel the majority of our male talent.
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