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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
It's a dumb statement but I think his point was moreso Karlsson playing for Sweden means the majority of senator fans won't be cheering for him, whereas Melnyk not would see the benefit if it was Turris for example and the fan base was cheering for him with team Canada
I don't think it's him being anti Sweden
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Why does Melnyk care about who is or is not cheering for Karlsson? He straight up said he is not going to "give Sweden [his] best player, and then qualified that declaration with a possibility that "if it was a Canadian going to play for Canada, maybe."
Whether he was being intentionally xenophobic does not matter.