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Originally Posted by Ashasx
These are the kinds of opinions we saw from Oilers fans and media before and just after the Hall trade.
This situation is so eerily similar and the result of trading Hamilton will be equally disappointing, but even less acceptable when we just watched our moron neighbors to the north do the exact same thing to justify trading a valuable player for lesser parts.
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I don't recall too many people calling out Iginla for never accepting invites for the World Championships. Sure Iggy had a family most of those years he declined but the fact is he simply didn't want to go to Europe after the season because lots of guys with families still go if they want to. I fail to see how Hamilton should be looked at any differently here. It's a tournament North Americans don't care about and after a long and disappointing NHL season I don't see why it has to be looked at as mandatory for these guys to just want to hop on a plane overseas to play with a team quickly thrown together to play for a trophy that's not overly important to a lot of players.