Sens Rule
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- Sep 22, 2005
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Again, I'd rip off what the Soccer world is doing. Soccer at the Olympics is a U-23 tournament that allows every team to have no more than three players over that age limit.
I don't care much for the 3 'veterans' rule but a U-23 tournament could be interesting. The NHL wouldn't need to shut down their business while the Olympics are going on since not THAT many teams would be penalized for missing a few players under the age of 23 every four years.
It would also make for a more competitive tournament.
Most of the players would be from the NHL. If you are going to do that and allow NHLers to go in that situation then there is no point to not allowing all NHL players to go.
Sending McDavid, Matthews and Eichel but not Crosby Malkin and Ovechkin doesn't make any sense for the NHL.