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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Name me one minority in a position of leadership in the NHL. Could be a GM, Coach, President, anything. Just one example will suffice.
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Ted Nolan?
Your point stands, but at the same time, the ratio of minorities playing the sport (and thus, desirable people for work in hockey afterwards) is pretty low. That's not necessarily a racist thing, non-white people have historically not been involved in hockey. It's only been in the last little while that minorities have began to have some significant presence, and even now it's pretty low. I don't think this is because the NHL is racist, it's because those people historically come from different places where different sports are the norm. If anything, it's minorities themselves that preach hockey as a "white person's" game.
So who are the ex-NHLers that are minorities and actually in the age-range that would be in these positions? Fuhr is honestly the only one I can think of the top of my head. Weekes is a pretty prominent media personality.
So if only a (relatively) small percentage of ex-players actually move into those roles, it stands to reason that there would be a MUCH smaller concentration of visible minorities. Heck. Jarmo Kekelainnen is the first ever Euro GM, and europeans have been much more prevalent in the league since the influx in the 80's-90's.