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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Of the 69 U.S. Olympic roster players over the last three games, a total of 7 were playing for Canadian NHL teams at the time. That's 10%. Canadian teams make up 30% of the league.
It's not wild speculation to suggest that American players prefer to play in the U.S. And when they have the choice to play in the U.S., they tend to exercise that choice.
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There is no evidence of this. You're using those numbers to fit into your opinion. Is it not possible that Canadian teams prefer to draft Canadian players over American players? And vice versa(probably not, but my point is there could be more variables at play)? The only real way to figure out if this is actually a thing, is to see if there is a high percentage of American born players leaving from Canadian teams to American teams once their ELC is up.