bigAragorn said:and another thing im not a rare thing in Canada. Where im from for every steve ott there are 20 guys just like me.......some of us he'd even say WERE better than him at one point. I cant even count the number of guys i know in my area where they were at one point NHL prospects......the U.S. is starting to catch up though man.....they're gettin better look for them to do some damage at next years world juniors ( the true world championship IMO).
In my life I grew up and knew 1 guy that got into the NHL (14th overall in 96), and he was a rarity in my area.
Funny how culture can be so different even simply over the distnace of Lake Ontario.
Pebcak