Are you really a Canadian province if you can’t produce a star NHL player with a 9M population? Maybe it’s time they separate.
ObamaOwesMeMoney on
Canada has more players born in the US than born in Quebec.
portstrix on
The current Canadian World Junior team only has 1 player from Quebec on their roster, so the entire Quebec hockey system is in clear decline.
icouldbeeatingoreos on
Did Quebec cut funding to their youth sports programs 10-15 years ago? This becomes a provincial politics issue.
GirlCoveredInBlood on
Why are people getting so butthurt the article isn’t calling for a fucking Québecois quota or something it’s talking about how Québec has struggled to develop talent
3luejays on
I don’t get the downvotes. The article is not saying Quebec needs to be represented. It says there has been a decline in the development of players coming from Quebec.
pateyhfx on
They need to start producing good goalies again
TheThatNeverWas on
Skaters aside, Quebec used to be a goalie factory. It’s sad how that’s dried up.
chunkadelic_ on
The issue isn’t no Quebec players, it’s no Quebec goalies
What was once a premier goalie factory, whereas now we have one of the worst goalies in the league as our Olympic starter
CaffeinatedHeartburn on
Already when I was in high school 15 years ago football was the bigger sport. Basketball and soccer have both grown a lot since then too and all 3 are cheaper to get into than hockey while being a lesser time commitment. It’s just a logical decline for hockey.
I haven’t followed the NHL in 2 decades nor has anybody I know but I can talk about the NFL and NBA for hours. There’s reason why salaries are lower in the NHL, a smaller fanbase.
Expensive-Ad5203 on
So many people don’t read the article
thebriss22 on
It’s really not hard to understand what happened to hockey in Quebec once you understand how fucking useless, morally bankrupted and power hungry the people at Hockey Quebec are lol
Once you deal with them for over 30 seconds, you realize why hockey in Quebec is shit
ram_gh on
This may speak to how Québec needs to do a better job at minimizing the barrier to entry. It’s an expensive sport, and the hockey programs need a pipeline.
JTPinWpg on
Not enough Quebec players on the Lightning
SilentPolak on
It’s fine BC will keep pumping out more celebrinis and bedards. They will all eventually play for Canucks without zero doubt
TryingForThrillions on
Rocket Richard was one of 8 children. His father lost his job as a carpenter during the Great Depression. Arguably the greatest goal scorer of his era, maybe any era.
Imagine how much hockey talent is being left on the cutting room floor today because the family didn’t have enough $$.
coastline on
Alarm Sounding 🚨
bellyfuzz on
Voyons!
Poe_42 on
JJ Frankie JJ gave them a bad name
Solvindovatten on
I wonder if team Canada will ever be full of a true reflection of all kinds of Canadians in my lifetime. I will always support team Canada anyway.
advadm on
The OQLF gets $49M and just looking at how much money is spent on French language initiatives, hockey doesn’t seem important despite what hockey should mean to Quebec. From Google: The Quebec government announced a five-year, $603 million plan in April 2024 to promote and protect the French language.
You’re telling me there can’t be more to spend or invest into hockey in Quebec? I’m not talking about spending $7M giving it to the LA Kings which is money leaving the province but I would call this a bigger cultural identity crisis in la belle province.
Vegetable-Job2771 on
Who cares
Leave A Reply
Du musst angemeldet sein, um einen Kommentar abzugeben.
25 Kommentare
>In Nova Scotia, however, [home-grown superstars Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Brad Marchand](https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/nova-scotias-three-nhl-superstars-will-play-for-team-canada-at-2026-winter-olympics/) will all lace up for the maple leaf. Nova Scotia’s population is just over 1 million, to Quebec’s 9.1 million.
They should do better
Sounds like they need to get gud.
Are you really a Canadian province if you can’t produce a star NHL player with a 9M population? Maybe it’s time they separate.
Canada has more players born in the US than born in Quebec.
The current Canadian World Junior team only has 1 player from Quebec on their roster, so the entire Quebec hockey system is in clear decline.
Did Quebec cut funding to their youth sports programs 10-15 years ago? This becomes a provincial politics issue.
Why are people getting so butthurt the article isn’t calling for a fucking Québecois quota or something it’s talking about how Québec has struggled to develop talent
I don’t get the downvotes. The article is not saying Quebec needs to be represented. It says there has been a decline in the development of players coming from Quebec.
They need to start producing good goalies again
Skaters aside, Quebec used to be a goalie factory. It’s sad how that’s dried up.
The issue isn’t no Quebec players, it’s no Quebec goalies
What was once a premier goalie factory, whereas now we have one of the worst goalies in the league as our Olympic starter
Already when I was in high school 15 years ago football was the bigger sport. Basketball and soccer have both grown a lot since then too and all 3 are cheaper to get into than hockey while being a lesser time commitment. It’s just a logical decline for hockey.
I haven’t followed the NHL in 2 decades nor has anybody I know but I can talk about the NFL and NBA for hours. There’s reason why salaries are lower in the NHL, a smaller fanbase.
So many people don’t read the article
It’s really not hard to understand what happened to hockey in Quebec once you understand how fucking useless, morally bankrupted and power hungry the people at Hockey Quebec are lol
Once you deal with them for over 30 seconds, you realize why hockey in Quebec is shit
This may speak to how Québec needs to do a better job at minimizing the barrier to entry. It’s an expensive sport, and the hockey programs need a pipeline.
Not enough Quebec players on the Lightning
It’s fine BC will keep pumping out more celebrinis and bedards. They will all eventually play for Canucks without zero doubt
Rocket Richard was one of 8 children. His father lost his job as a carpenter during the Great Depression. Arguably the greatest goal scorer of his era, maybe any era.
Imagine how much hockey talent is being left on the cutting room floor today because the family didn’t have enough $$.
Alarm Sounding 🚨
Voyons!
JJ Frankie JJ gave them a bad name
I wonder if team Canada will ever be full of a true reflection of all kinds of Canadians in my lifetime. I will always support team Canada anyway.
The OQLF gets $49M and just looking at how much money is spent on French language initiatives, hockey doesn’t seem important despite what hockey should mean to Quebec. From Google: The Quebec government announced a five-year, $603 million plan in April 2024 to promote and protect the French language.
You’re telling me there can’t be more to spend or invest into hockey in Quebec? I’m not talking about spending $7M giving it to the LA Kings which is money leaving the province but I would call this a bigger cultural identity crisis in la belle province.
Who cares