Polemic Hockey

Rancho Santa Margarita, which was a place that was known for its mountain lion maulings when I was a kid, up in the foothills of eastern Orange County, just produced a first round pick.

California is a middle-tier hockey market. How much evidence do people need to understand that it is not the same as the South?

UPDATE:

California has produced the sixth most NHLers of any state, only after Minnesota, Michigan, Mass., New York, and Ill.