The league wants to be more diverse and is gradually becoming more diverse. And they way they are doing it is through promotion at the grassroots level. Look at any CMHA team's makeup - it's reflective of the community.
It's filtering up. It's still a tiny percentage but you have a fair number of visible minorities in the NHL already - Kadri, Robertson, Bahl, Dumba, Khaira, Sherwood, Spence, Suzuki, Yamamoto, Saad, Zibanejad, Nurse, Peckham, Reaves, Duclair, etc etcetc
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