Sure you would.. good player. But in Finland he has more opportunities to play in different national teams and a better chance to get to best-on-best rosters if he turns out great. Most Canadians will never have a chance.Would sure welcome him on Team Canada, hopefully he does the right thing.
Now, I'll just sit back and wait to be attacked by the Finnish hordes here
He has a much better chance making Finnish rosters also.Lambert would be a big loss if he would jump in to the dark side
I don't know much about his family & relations but for someone who's played and lived his entire life in Finland, that would be plain weird. The only benefit for him from doing that would come out of boosting his draft stocks. The players who presents Canada have more domestic market value. Still, I'm not sure if the minor personal advantage is worth it.
Finnish names are hard to pronounce right because there's no equivalent sounds to replicate most of the sounds in English.
I don't know about that, Finland has won 3 WJC titles this past decade, and this year they did it without 3 of their best players, Canada has only won 2 this past decade.
I thought he hadn't lived and played his whole life in Finland? Wasn't there posters here talking about him playing and living in Saskatchewan for stretches?Lambert would be a big loss if he would jump in to the dark side
I don't know much about his family & relations but for someone who's played and lived his entire life in Finland, that would be plain weird. The only benefit for him from doing that would come out of boosting his draft stocks. The players who presents Canada have more domestic market value. Still, I'm not sure if the minor personal advantage is worth it.
Yeah Slovak is my first language and it’s still hard to pronounce, just as I’m sure some Slovak names are hard to pronounce for FinnsFinnish names are hard to pronounce right because there's no equivalent sounds to replicate most of the sounds in English.
Like how Puljujärvi is butchered daily.
Lambert would be the best Finnish superstar to come just because you could actually spell his name right
You sure about that?
Absolutley, but hearing that his mother is Finnish can absolutely make him go towards the Finnish side. Just because he has a North American sounding name means nothing if he was born and raised as a Finnish citizen which I guess he was. I know the Foligno brothers had an American father and Canadian mother (I believe) and each one represents the other country.
Well he doesnt seem to speak english either.
I highly doubt it's mothers influence as far as chirping things in their ear that they should play for the U.S, it's where the kid grew up in usually and with most teams in the U.S it is likely the kid is growing up in the U.S. Add to the fact that Americans always want to live in the U.S(and many Canadian players too, you can't beat the weather and their wives are usually American who always want to live in the U.S also) those kids are most likely going to be raised American.
Get used to that as it will only increase going forward, Canada has been dealing with it for a long time now.
If you are talented, team Finland welcomes you, no matter how young you are. Hockey Canada tends to prefer older guys and experienced players.
Meh, he is the best player from his age group even now and is a huge part of Finnish U16 national team. In two year (maybe already next year) he'll be stealing the spotlight in U18 tournament.
From all I've seen from the kid, this seems to be the case. Also his family has been very supportive when he has played for Finnish U16 team, I can't imagine them trying to get the kid play for Canada.
