Canuck fans have just had really bad history of losing the local talent (Neely and Lucic come to mind), and they just feel the need for others to share in their pain. It's probably had an impact on why they took local boy Virtanen this year instead of Ritchie, both guys are pretty similar with similar upside.
You don't hear Jets fans, Stars fans, or even Flames fans making fun of the Oilers for taking Steve Kelly over Shane Doan or Jarome Iginla.
Every team has different draft lists and most management executives don't even have local ties to the City that they work in, so it's really irrelevant. You don't draft guys just because they are born in your City.
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Calgary Flames, PLEASE GO TO THE NET! AND SHOOT THE PUCK! GENERATING OFFENSE IS NOT DIFFICULT! SKATE HARD, SHOOT HARD, CRASH THE NET HARD!
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