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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
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.
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At that time there was also some talk that some of the older players were somewhat fed up with Finnish media etc, OJ, especially. And I totally get it.
The general Finnish hockey crowd is rather terrible honestly, they always pile on the team before every tournament. Plus you wouldn't believe how many Finnish hockey fans just have no clue about anything outside the Finnish league. Makes the critique especially annoying. It's the same this year. "Where's Koivu?!?" "Where's Ristolainen?!" (still playing, sheesh...)
Still, I think it's not as bad as it used to be.
(Teräväinen btw tried out for the team, but apparently didn't look ready enough for a top 6 spot. Which doesn't surprise me. Great kid, but very much a kid.)
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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.
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Saku Koivu didn't make the cut to Sochi, Mikko was injured.
As to the Vancouver announcement, I think none of them expected to be even playing anymore
Heck, Saku and Teemu kind of expected that Turin might have been their last olympics eight years ago.