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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
What a dumb thing to argue... according to this, there were 4.7 players per QMJHL team (85 players from 18 teams), 5.5 players per WHL team (121 players from 22 teams) and 9.95 players per OHL team (199 players from 20 teams) who were on opening night rosters to start the 2022/23 season.
Those 405 players made up nearly 60% of opening night rosters.
By your sound logic, NHL scouts should ignore the WHL too since it produces roughly half as many NHLers per team as the OHL and just slightly more than the QMJHL... and while you're at it, might as well just ignore every other league in the entire world since the OHL produces so many more players per team. |
He's not talking about opening night rosters.
He's saying the QMJHL lacks star players and hasn't had many players taken in the first round.
In recent years, this is overwhelmingly true.
But even if we argue your specific point, here are the some provinces by NHLers per capita (players with at least one game played this season, per 100,000 people):
1. Saskatchewan: 1.882
2. Manitoba: 1.838
3. Ontario: 1.16
4. Alberta: 1.098
5. British Columbia: 0.722
6. Quebec: 0.658
The prairie provinces produce about 2-3 times more NHLers per capita than does Quebec. Even several US states are above Quebec.
And looking at team Canada's roster, Calgary alone has way more than the entire province of Quebec.
The NHLe for the WHL is quite a bit higher than that of the QMJHL. The WHL and OHL are closer to the USHL than any of them are to the QMJHL.