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Originally Posted by Bazeek
You're barking up the wrong tree here.
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No I'm not. Just reiterating a fact. See:
http://www.ushsho.com/ushsrank.htm Basically our all-state team could beat the all-America team in the 15-18 age group.
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Originally Posted by Bazeek
As for the provincialism, one has three options:
1.) Ignore it
2.) Allow (or force) yourself to be bothered by it
3.) Accept it and have fun with it
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Depending on the situation I might feel/react any of these three options.
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Originally Posted by Bazeek
Personally I'd go with option 3, but to each their own. Regardless, the obsession with Minnesota-born/raised/tangentially-related players is part of the state's "hockey culture" and isn't going away. We can spend hours discussing why it is or how it happened, but there will always be dreams of the prodigal sons returning and leading the local team to national glory. The only reason to let yourself be bothered by it is if you enjoy being bothered by things, which for some reason seems to be pretty commonplace online.
(And of course all of the above applies to the "Minny" thing as well. Same 3 options.)
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It's just an interesting topic regardless. It's not a matter of being bothered but imagining what our "all state" team would look like and if they could compete with any other NHL team competing in the league. I think we're the only state in the Union that can say that. 2cents