WJC: Question regarding Marcus Foligno

[Booba]

As far as dual-citizens go, it's asinine for either country to whine about "losing" players to the other.

If they are dual-citizens, they are fully citizens of both countries, regardless of their parentage or place of birth. Who are we to tell them which country they should feel more of an attachment to? That's for them to decide.

Not true

2 examples
Francis Bouillon : Bouillon was born in New York City to a French-Canadian mother and a Haitian father. Bouillon moved to Quebec with his mother when he was only 3 years old. (wiki)
Jason Pominville : Since Pominville has dual citizenship, he was eligible to play for either the United States or Canada in international tournaments. He is a dual citizen as a result of his mother being American (as in the cases of Brett Hull, Adam Deadmarsh and Brady Murray) but was born and raised in Canada. (wiki)

I don't think that Bouillon and Pominville "feel" some attachment to the States, they basically never lived there before playing pro hockey.

They only made this decision because they wanted to play for team USA than team Canada in internationnal tournaments. Actually, I think Pominville decided to play for the US around 2008, because he wanted to have to chance to play in the Olympics and he knew that he had no chance to make the canadian roster.

For Pominville it was purely a strategic decision.

This also the reason why a bunch of canadians who are playing for team Italy during internationnal tournaments. Take for example Guilio Scandella, the brother of Marco Scandella and the nephew of Sergio Momesso, who played for Italy during the 2006 olympics.