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Resolute 14 · 10-26-2010, 10:43 AM

As has been noted, the Q is easily the third best league in the CHL. I would also note that no team from Quebec's Junior A league has ever won the Manitoba Centennial Trophy or the Royal Bank Cup, going back to the tournament's founding in 1971. In the last 16 years, only four teams from Quebec have even advanced out of the East regional playdown. Given it is Quebec vs. Atlantic Canada, it seems they should have an advantage.

Frankly, Quebec has fewer players drafted and playing because the province develops fewer NHL calibre players. The utter lack of success at the junior level is telling, and given that is where the NHL drafts its players from...

Only one player from the QMJHL was selected in the first round of the 2010 draft - a kid from PEI. Only one taken in the second round - an import from the Czech Republic. The next kid was an import from Russia. The fourth QMJHL player picked, 68th overall, was the first Quebecker taken.

Frankly, Quebec needs to look internally for problems, not externally. It isn't discrimination leading to a supposed lack of francophone players in the NHL. Discrimination is not why there are only a handful of Latvian and Swiss players in the NHL either.

10-26-2010, 10:43 AM	#23
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	As has been noted, the Q is easily the third best league in the CHL. I would also note that no team from Quebec's Junior A league has ever won the Manitoba Centennial Trophy or the Royal Bank Cup, going back to the tournament's founding in 1971. In the last 16 years, only four teams from Quebec have even advanced out of the East regional playdown. Given it is Quebec vs. Atlantic Canada, it seems they should have an advantage. Frankly, Quebec has fewer players drafted and playing because the province develops fewer NHL calibre players. The utter lack of success at the junior level is telling, and given that is where the NHL drafts its players from... Only one player from the QMJHL was selected in the first round of the 2010 draft - a kid from PEI. Only one taken in the second round - an import from the Czech Republic. The next kid was an import from Russia. The fourth QMJHL player picked, 68th overall, was the first Quebecker taken. Frankly, Quebec needs to look internally for problems, not externally. It isn't discrimination leading to a supposed lack of francophone players in the NHL. Discrimination is not why there are only a handful of Latvian and Swiss players in the NHL either. Last edited by Resolute 14; 10-26-2010 at 10:45 AM.