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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
I don't think it is fair to dump on the players who went for being lazy or not caring. All of them just finished disappointing seasons, and rather than getting their golf clubs out and starting their holidays, like most of their NHL bretheran, they flew overseas to play in a tournament for Canada.
If we are going to dump on players, I always think it should be those who were good enough to have gone and made a difference, but are golfing instead.
All of this said, you see Staal suffer a major injury in a tournament where he is playing for free - one that could have a major impact on the rest of his career. f I were a player, I don't know if I'd be willing to risk tens of millions of dollars in future earnings to play in the freaking world championships.
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If the World Championships is just going to be half-hearted lark for a few NHLers who want something to do in May besides play golf, I'd just as soon we send a team made up of European-based Canadians. And I'm starting to miss the old Canadian National Team. At least they were a team, they were used to the big ice, they played a system, and the World Championships were a big deal to them.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I think his post was mocking posters that followed the tournament and when team Canada loses they say it was because of the shootout or that it's a crappy tournament that Canada didn't care about the tournament anyway.
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I don't hear European fans complaining that the WJC isn't fair when it's hosted in North America because of the small ice. Sniveling about this stuff just enhances our reputation as poor losers.