Players who turned down Team Canada
- Thread starter Corey
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Who cares
...there's no obligation to go. It's their choice, some have injuries etc./spend time with the family/GF.
...there's no obligation to go. It's their choice, some have injuries etc./spend time with the family/GF.Hockey Canada standardizes so much that it's really surprising that here is not a formal obligation or structure to the value of committing and playing in the World Championships. With Ryan Smyth as a prime example, there's no doubt that WC participation means something. Why not state exactly what it's worth.The Bandit said:Who cares
they were mostly french canadians from the Eastern provinces of Canada. QC, NFLD, NS, PEI and NB and northern Ontario.
Relax, I'm not trying to start a witch hunt. I was just curious.The Bandit said:Who cares
These are pure guesses: Patrice Bergeron, Marc Savard, Joe Sakic, Rob Blake, Martin Lapointe, Nathan Horton, Jay Bouwmeester,
Andrew Brunette, Brad Boyes, Martin Biron, Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray, Adam Foote, Paul Kariya, Ryan Smyth and Rod Brind'Amour.
my comment was neither doanist or anti-french.dj1470 said:
in fact you don't get to being a Penguins fan hating frenchies...
as to what i commented on in the Doan/Media bs thread:
21pro said:
Roberto Luongo might be a Quebec native but he is of Italian heritage which means he is not pure laine.
Paul Stastny is another ethnic.
Vlasic sounds like an immigrant name to me.
Martin Brodeur has said he'd prefer to play for Team Canada.
Craig Rivet, Andrew Brunette, Rod Brind'Amour, Greg DeVries, Patrick Marleau might have French-Canadian blood but were not born in the Je me souvien province, therefore are not considered Kweebecers by the Kweebecers.
To them, ya gotta be pure laine and born in the pure laine province.
Paul Stastny is another ethnic.
Vlasic sounds like an immigrant name to me.
Martin Brodeur has said he'd prefer to play for Team Canada.
Craig Rivet, Andrew Brunette, Rod Brind'Amour, Greg DeVries, Patrick Marleau might have French-Canadian blood but were not born in the Je me souvien province, therefore are not considered Kweebecers by the Kweebecers.
To them, ya gotta be pure laine and born in the pure laine province.
Professional players should be barred from Olympic competition. If a professional wants to compete they should have to be off anyone's payroll for not less than 2 years. The spirit of the Olympics is amature competition.
Corey said:
All of them were raised in French Schools speaking french language. I am pretty certain they are considered Quebecois by their own.
Why is this a debatable issue? Are you a politician? How can you say who's a French Canadian (not Kweebecers as you call it) and who's not? Are you trying to change the topic into something it isn't?
Maurice Richard's heritage was Scottish exactly as much so as Luongo is Italian... are you gonna argue that the Rocket isn't a French Canadian, also?
this is true. although his options are open. he played for team USA as a junior, though.dj1470 said:
21pro said:
Actually, it was you that brought it up.
I'm still curious to know who turned down Stevie Y.
It used to be a duty and an honour to play for Team Canada. Even Guy Lafleur and Larry Robinson did it when the Habs were knocked out early in the playoffs in the early 1980's.
