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Originally Posted by issybird
Eh, back in the day the NHL was virtually all Canadian players, even though the teams were mostly in the US. The original six were two Canadian teams and four American teams; the first expansion round added six more American teams. The players were still all Canadian, though. Boston no more stole Bobby Orr than Detroit stole Gordie Howe or Chicago stole Bobby Hull.
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Ah, those were the days. As a native Detroiter, during the Gordie Howe era, I quite enjoyed hockey then, and went to several games. But then expansion came along and the quality of play went way down. It became more about fighting than hockey.