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The Bay State is known for many things, dropping r’s, insufferable sports fans, and a Revolutionary War freedom trail that gets thrown up on nightly in the streets of Boston. Massachusetts also happens to be a top breeding ground for NHL players. The same goes for the Wolverine state. Over the years Michigan has produced 190 professional goaltenders and skaters. As of 2023, the Detroit metropolitan area held the record for most American-born NHL players.
This prompted NHL.com to ask this age-old question…
Some NHL teams would trade away 75% of their roster for either starting lineup. Star centers, hard-shot defensemen, and a two-time Vezina trophy winner.
Some people were immediately sold when NHL.com unveiled Massachusetts’s offensive trio of Jack Eichel, Chris Kreider, and Matt Boldy. Why wouldn’t it? I’m certain the Golden Knights would gladly adjust things around for a chance to ice that top three. Imagine the combination of Kreider’s power play prowess, Boldy’s high-level skill and Eichel’s playmaking abilities. Fans wouldn’t be so concerned about Vegas’ offensive holes for 2024-25.
Now the state of Michigan has a strong top three as well. Dylan Larkin, Alex Debrincat, and Kyle Connor combined for 94 goals in 2023-24. That’s Edmonton-level scoring. However, Massachusetts forwards totaled 99 tallies last season, Including 39 to Michigan’s 30 power play goals.
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Massachusetts natives John Carlson and Noah Hanifin might be the best defensive pairing from any state in our nation. Both average 23+ minutes per game and defend in any situation. Carlson’s made a living picking up points on Alex Ovechkin’s top power play line. On the other side, Hanifin is no stranger to the 5-on-4 as well. In seven postseason games with Vegas, the d-man recorded three assists on the man advantage. That’s 35 PP assists over a full regular season.
If there were any weaknesses to Michigan’s lineup, it’s their defense. Matt Roy and Zach Werenski are both solid defenders and are heavily relied on by their coaches. Wereknski reached 200+ shots for the third time in his career last season and wracked up 46 assists.
There’s no doubt the Great Lake state has a significant edge in goal. Two-time Vezina trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck hails from Michigan and is arguably the NHL’s best tender. Seattle Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord gets the starting nod for Mass. However, Hellebuyck and Michigan overwhelmingly win the battle in net.
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Overall, I lean towards my home state of Massachusetts to beat the great state of Michigan. The Commonwealth’s forward line and defensive pairing are a notch above. If it weren’t for Hellebyuck, it might be a 4-1 gentlemen’s sweep.
Only Minnesota, the state of hockey, has produced more professional players than Massachusetts. Right now, there are 38 active players from Minneapolis alone. So let’s continue the bracket and measure MA with MN.
If Minnesota were to create a starting lineup of native-born players, it could look like this: Brock Boeser, Anders Lee, Brock Nelson, Justin Faulk, K’Andre Miller, and Jake Oettinger. Immediately from first glance, the North Star state captured the goalie matchup. Again, Daccord is coming into his own but Oettinger is already one of the league’s elites.
Incredible save by Oettinger. pic.twitter.com/MnVmmS25TP
— Matthew (@HildenbrandMa) April 25, 2024
Offensively, Minnesota dresses an Anders and two Brocks. Boeser will likely lead the trio in goals but both Lee and Nelson bring 200-foot games. Scoring is only half of a forward’s job in Long Island. Eichel and the Bay staters might have more trouble with the Gopher state’s lineup because of their two-way play.
The Land of 10,000 Lakes is the home to some of the NHL’s most reliable defensemen. The two starters are big, physical blueliners who both average 25 assists per season. They would be likely much more difficult in their own end than Michigan would be. Add in goaltender Jake Oettinger and we have a tight seven-game series. In fact, I could see a make-believe series decided in overtime between these two unions.
In the end, Eichel and Hanifin’s lineup edged out the two Brocks and Oettinger for the team that reigns supreme. Massachusetts is the winner of the hypothetical home state-by-state championship.
Of course, there are dozens of players to create full rosters, especially with Canadian players from the same province. Maybe we’ll dive into those matchups next.
Emmanuel
A few years ago when the NHL had that tournament with Team Europe and Team Youth or whatever it was called I think they missed the obvious… Team Quebec. I guess they didnt want to dilute Team Canada any further.
Jack Hammer
I got my black shirt on
I got my black gloves on
I got my ski mask on
This shit’s been too long
I got my twelve gauge sawed-off
I got my headlights turned off
I’m ’bout to bust some shots off
I’m ’bout to dust some cops off
I’m a cop killer, better you than me
Cop killer, fuck police brutality
Cop killer, I know your family’s grieving (fuck ’em)
Cop killer, but tonight we get even, haha
Father forgive me, I’m scared of the karma
‘Cause now I see women as somethin’ to nurture
Not somethin’ to conquer
I hope she like Nicki, I’ll make her a monster
Not havin’ menages
I’m just being silly
I answered the door, like Will Smith and Martin
Nigga do we have a problem?
Matter of fact Marlin, this ain’t Meet the Fockers
I’ll beat his ass, pray I beat the charges
No daddy don’t play, not when it come to they daughters
Don’t do no yoga, don’t do pilates
Just play piano and stick to karate
I pray your body’s draped more like mine and not like your mommy’s
Just bein’ salty, but niggas is nuts
And I am a nigga, I know what they want
I pray that you don’t get it all at once
Curves under your dress, I know it’s pervs all on the ‘net
All in the comments, you wanna vomit
That’s your baby, you love her to death
Now she cuttin’ class and hangin’ with friends
You break a glass and say it again
She can’t comprehend the danger she’s in
If you whoop her ass, she move in with him
Then he whoop her ass, you go through it again
But how you the devil rebukin’ the sin?
Let’s pray we can put this behind us
I swear that these times is the wildest
She got the scars, they serve as reminders
Blood still on her pajamas, but yesterday is dead, yeah
Moment of silence
Next she’ll be off to college
And then at the altar
‘Cause she know that niggas is savage
Niggas is monsters
Niggas is pimps, niggas is players
‘Til niggas have daughters
Niggas is pimps, niggas is players
‘Til niggas have daughters
Emmanuel
Cody Glass traded to Pens for a prospect, 3rd & 5th.
Hes rolling towards 400 games and a pension & hasnt done a darn thing to earn it.
One Inch Right
He’s the second biggest thief in VGK history… Lehner remains the leader.
ThG
that’s a pretty good haul by the team that traded this
person ” hasnt done a darn thing to earn it.”
sort of like heels up Harris, wait a minute she did do something
1-ruined San Fransicko
2- llet illegal alien criminal go, who later killed a beautiful American woman
3- covered up three and half years of mush Brain antics
4- did willie brown , a married man, repeatedly , who in return promoted her twice. Hence giving her nick name Heels Up Harris.
5- tie blocking vote in “anti inflation” act, which did no such thing.
and there is much more.
Allalu Akbar
HAHAHAHAHAHA – Harris now leading in every poll! You Nazis are going to lose BIG TIME this November and I can’t wait for your BS excuses!
knights fan in minny
you are wrong as usual dumb fuck sybil
TS
Allalu, GO Harris and Walz! Love the duo, Walz is a very happy, funny man with a sharp wit to match. The VP Debate will be fun to watch! As for the POTUS Debate-I predict Trump is a no- show! Harris is in command of the Dems, and her enthusiastic rallies show it– I am gonna be SO proud of the First Female American POTUS!!!
knights fan in minny
tampon timmy let the city burn you love somebody who let violence continue shame on you wake up your dreaming
LOL
One candidate sleeping there way to the top. One candidate sleeping there way to the bottom. This is hilarious.
The hockey God
Elliotte Friedman reposted
Nashville Predators
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The Predators have acquired forward Jordan Frasca from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Cody Glass, Minnesota’s third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.
Emmanuel
Awful player, 4th liner at best and no longer a prospect.
Maybe they are banking on him having his best seasons at 25-27YO range.
Donald J Trump
Trump is now “identifying” himself as “black”.
If Heels Up Harris (whose mother is Indian, and whose father is Jamaican of
Spanish and local West Indian descent), can “identify” as black and steal
Trump’s ideas (like no tax on tips) , then what’s good for the goose is good
for the gander !
VGK fan
Ok so strippers who bring in over $100,000 iin tips per year should not pay taxes?
Pastor Melissa Scott
I want to get Trump in the right temple
knights fan in minny
fuck you faggot
Alex
HAHAHAHAHA
knights fan in minny
fuck off sybil
Donald J Trump
EXCLUSIVE: House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is demanding that a local elected official in her district resign after reportedly comparing former President Trump to a “rabid dog” after he was shot.
Christine Paige, a member of the Potsdam Town Council, has faced bipartisan backlash over her comments, which were first reported last month by local media.
“Far Left Democrats supporting political violence and the assassination of President Trump are shameful and do not deserve to represent the great people of the North Country,” Stefanik told Fox News Digital.
“Potsdam Town Board Member Christine Paige must be condemned by the NY Democrat State Party, and she must resign in disgrace after she said shooting President Trump would be like ‘putting down a rabid dog.’”
SHAMEFUL
SHAME
SHAME
SHAME
Allalu Akbar
Nazis said the same thing about the failed Hitler bomb plot
ThG
A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers found a dead oarfish, nicknamed the “doomsday fish,” Saturday in the water at La Jolla Cove. The oarfish was turned over to scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
This marks only the 20th-recorded oarfish to have washed up in California since 1901, according to Ben Frable, senior collection manager of marine vertebrates at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
“We rarely interact with them, so each specimen can provide valuable information about these unique creatures and open ocean ecosystems in general,” Frable told Patch.
A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers found a dead oarfish in the water at La Jolla Cove. Credit: Emily Miller
Described as “sea serpents” in history, oarfish are considered the longest bony, non-shark fish and one of the largest fish in the open ocean, Frable said. Oarfish can grow to more than 30 feet, but this particular fish was 12 feet in length.
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The last oarfish washed ashore in 2015 in California, Frable said. Five washed up that year.
“At the time, folks thought it may be related to the strong El Niño/warm water we had in 2014-2016,” he said. “However, we are not really experiencing similar conditions at the moment.”
Although no correlation has been proven, oarfish have a mythical reputation as predictors of natural disasters such as earthquakes.
Oarfish live in deep ocean water at depths from 650 to 3,300 feet. The sight of them in shallow waters is an omen of earthquakes, according to Japanese legend. In 2011, 20 oarfish washed ashore in Japan in the months leading up to the deadly 9.1-magnitude earthquake.
Coincidentally, the mysterious creature was found days before a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Monday in Los Angeles and rattled much of Southern California.
Scientists will be able to further study this mysterious species as it will become part of the Marine Vertebrate Collection at Scripps, one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world. The collection houses around 2 million preserved fish specimens in more than 120,000 lots, representing over 5,600 species of fishes.
“This is a resource for researchers that have questions about fishes they cannot answer from videos, live observations or current specimens,” Frable said. “Having this specimen here will allow future generations to continue to ask questions and learn from this amazing fish.”
Experts don’t know why these fish are washing ashore in Southern California, but learn more from each specimen that is collected. On Friday, scientists from NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Scripps will perform a necropsy to see if they can determine a cause of death.
“We are interested in how they feed, how their gills function, how their bones form and how they are used, as well as their genetics, their role in open ocean food webs, their diet and how this specimen may have passed,” Frable said. “There is truly a lot we can learn from this one individual.”
Alex
Mel Scott is a whore fish
ThG
four more years of harris/biden/obam agenda will surely destroy USA
One inch right
So great you are preparing to lose, you nazi scum bag
ThG
BLM , antifa, hamas, pro palestian protestors are the real nazi scum and get this, they are all DEMOCRATS !! Moron.
knights fan in minny
fuck off sybil