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he decline to play for their country? does it change the way you feel about them or does it not matter to you at all?
SuperKarateMonkey said:he decline to play for their country? does it change the way you feel about them or does it not matter to you at all?
I agree with this.Canadian_man said:It all depends. If someone had a bad experience with the coaches, players, staff, ect of their country I could see why. However, if they choose to play for another country because they either don;t love their country or because they were not good enough to play for theirs and they were bitter about it *cough*Hull*cough*, than I would loose all respect for him.
zecke26 said:it doesn't matter for me. if i'd be a player, i'd refuse to play for germany.
PanthersRule said:Yes, unless they are just back from injury or have personal reasons for not playing, I lose a bit of respect for a player.
If you came up through a certain country's hockey association, I think that there is an obligation to play if chosen.
I don't really have any respect for Brett Hull in the first place so his US/Canada thing doesn't have any effect on me.
Khabibulin should play at the WC. I dunno, but someone told me Kovalchuk was going to skip it but I hope not. It is unfair for a country if a great player from there skips a tourney while another country puts together a superteam ala Team Canada.
ehc73 said:Problem there is, if you don't agree with how the team is being run, and if you weren't treated with respect, they why play for the people who are running the team? True, your country doesn't benefit from your services, but if you're treated like crap then it doesn't really give you incentive to play your best. It's not just Khabibulin either. A lot of Russian NHLers aren't playing for Russia because of the people who are running the team.
No. It's their personal choice, and for some people, their national pride isn't wrapped up in sports. It's none of our business.SuperKarateMonkey said:when i started this thread, the 3 names i was thinking about are patrick roy, alex mogilny, and nick khabibulin. i didnt lose respect to any one of them because im sure they have their reasons (reasons that are important to them that i cant understand), but i was disappointed in them for sure. anybody feel this way too?
Beakermania said:Yes, i lose respect for some bum who gets umpteen million dollars to play in the league but doesn't have the decency to put it all on the line for his country that taught him how to play the sport to begin with.
Remember Gretzky crying on the bench in Nagano?? That is what national pride is all about.
You just described every Canadian player in the NHL.Prince Mercury said:Oh, and if I'm not mistaken, Patrick Roy doesn't want to play for Canada because he now lives in the U.S. with his American wife and very American children. Just another Brett Hull, I suppose.
Prince Mercury said:Oh, and if I'm not mistaken, Patrick Roy doesn't want to play for Canada because he now lives in the U.S. with his American wife and very American children. Just another Brett Hull, I suppose.