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Originally Posted by getbak
Yup, the World Cup roster with the fewest players from Canadian-based teams is Team Canada, and as you said, that number doubled with the Subban trade.
Should we be worried that Canadian players don't want to play in Canada now?
Fewer than 25% of the teams in the NHL are based in Canada (until the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg, it was an even 20%), and for the last decade two of them have been historically bad (and the others have had their weak seasons too). It shouldn't really be a surprise than Canadian teams aren't better represented at these tournaments.
Really, at the end of the day, it really doesn't if 99.9% of US-born players say they do or don't want to play in Canada. All that matters is this one specific player.
Craig Conroy and Joel Otto are two US-born players who played for Team USA numerous times and played both in Canada and the US and both decided to retire in Calgary.
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Rene Corbet is similar - he's a very Francophone Quebecker but settled here after a very limited time with the Flames.