NHL HHOF Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 (edited) Why NHL Players Don't Want To Play In Canada? More reports that NHL players don't want to play in Canada No fans allowed, ridiculous media scrutiny and higher taxes... it's no wonder. https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/more-reports-that-nhl-players-don-t-want-to-play-in-canada Woe Canada: Why it’s harder than ever for Canadian NHL teams to win the Stanley Cup https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/woe-canada-why-its-harder-than-ever-for-canadian-nhl-teams-to-win-the-stanley-cup No Canada: Seven reasons why it's tougher to play for Canadian teams than American ones Blame the bad weather, or the crazy fans, unrelenting media and overall pressure https://nationalpost.com/sports/hockey/nhl/no-canada-seven-reasons-why-its-tougher-to-play-for-canadian-teams-than-american-ones Price is Right: Canadian NHL teams suddenly having trouble keeping American players https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/canadian-nhl-teams-trouble-keeping-american-players “Americans don’t want to play for Canadian teams” and how that affects the Leafs https://theleafsnation.com/news/americans-dont-want-to-play-for-canadian-teams-and-how-that-affects-the-leafs Why Is the NHL So Anti-Canadian? https://bleacherreport.com/articles/3313-why-is-the-nhl-so-anti-canadian Edited August 19, 2023 by NHL HHOF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Higher tax rates. IDK if you make 40 grand or 40 million you wanna keep as much as you can. Fam pressure. Any member of the Panthers can walk down any street without being known. The lowest least known leaf would be swarmed in Toronto. Media pressure. Ducks lose, it's fifty seconds tops on the nightly news. Oilers or Senators lose it gets directed ad nauseum until the next game. It's freaking cold.about half the USA teams play in warm weather and about half of those have lower taxes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 I couldn't care less if players would prefer to play in the United States, for a lot of the reasons outlined by @yave1964. I get it and it doesn't bother me. The only time I have something against them is in the case of Canadians who would push their grandmother into the street to play for Team Canada when the Olympics/World Cup/etc comes along. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 14 minutes ago, JR Ewing said: I couldn't care less if players would prefer to play in the United States, for a lot of the reasons outlined by @yave1964. I get it and it doesn't bother me. The only time I have something against them is in the case of Canadians who would push their grandmother into the street to play for Team Canada when the Olympics/World Cup/etc comes along. Agreed. one hundred percent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Math Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 8/19/2023 at 9:41 AM, yave1964 said: Higher tax rates. IDK if you make 40 grand or 40 million you wanna keep as much as you can. Fam pressure. Any member of the Panthers can walk down any street without being known. The lowest least known leaf would be swarmed in Toronto. Media pressure. Ducks lose, it's fifty seconds tops on the nightly news. Oilers or Senators lose it gets directed ad nauseum until the next game. It's freaking cold.about half the USA teams play in warm weather and about half of those have lower taxes. That's right. You mention Oilers and Senators, but it's much worse in Toronto and Montréal. Those two markets can be career killers, especially if you are a local. Also, the tax factor can be a significant one. When Radulov has two exact offers on the table from Montréal and Dallas, the net amount (i.e. the actual money that ended up in his pocket) for sure played a role and the amount had be considerable. Not to mention Québec is the most taxed province of Canada (by extension, of the Americas) where you can be ripped off by almost half of your revenue. Another little reason is weather/location. For two teams that have comparable situations on the purely sport aspect and for the same contract conditions, you may likely prefer to stay in L.A. or Florida rather than Winnipeg (without any disrespect). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegx.ca Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Think it's the taxes more than anything except wanting to be closer to their home town which can't be helped... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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