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Originally Posted by vilzeh
Even though he said after Vancouver (2010) that he's done with the national team. (Mostly because the coach who fed him 3rd/4th line minutes even though he was performing)
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You're misrepresenting him. He did not step away from the national team because of his minutes. What he and other older players (including Selänne and Koivu) said right after the bronze game was that they'd made a decision to let the next generation step forward.
Well Selänne kept playing and people forgot about that decision, apart from maybe Koivu I suppose who didn't come to this year's olympics.