That’s nice and all, however, if you put some context behind it, Carolina’s playoff points leaders – Hall, Ehlers, Blake, one Canadian. Vegas top three playoff points leaders – Eichel, Marner, Dorofeyev, one Canadian. Marner is having a helluva playoffs!! Howden is playing clutch as well!! But I digress…there’s two Canadians out of six players there, but I think Logan Stankoven (Canadian) is tied with Ehlers in playoff points, so lets say three out of six.
Where I’m going with this is, it’s more about how they play, their structure, their systems, both teams can check really really well and also skate really well, than it is about where they come from. All that being said, I fully agree that having Canadians and Americans is important, but it’s only one thing of many that leads to success. I also think in years past, because you’re an old fart, the Stanley Cup just meant more to Canadian players, we grew up with it, now the world is smaller and more connected, it means a lot of foreign players as well as you’re seeing players come over to North America at much younger and younger ages to play the North American game.