No doubt, and bet you Boston team doctors wouldn’t have let him play. Instead a rival coach and medical staff make the decision for you.
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No, players were not required to play in the 4 Nations Face-Off. In fact, the NHL is paying players an “appearance fee” to reward them to play.
Alex Pietrangelo still opted out for Canada.
They don’t take part in the Olympics anymore. This is why this is such a big deal to the players.
And Bettman works for the owners. Not the other way around. He can’t tell them to do anything. Players and owners have to vote to change things, that’s why they have a CBA.
You sure about that? I’d bet they let him play if the stakes were high enough. In fact I remember when they let Patrice Bergeron play with a punctured lung, broken rib, torn cartilage and dislocated shoulder in 2013 against the Blackhawks in the SCF.
What if you just always cheered against Russia so no philosophical change?
I agree they only care as much as it impacts them and their roi. They don’t get much of an roi in a situation like Mcavoys. We’ll have to see if they care enough to not want to risk injuries going forward, at this point in the season.
In my late 40s I'm not going to suddenly switch and cheer for Russia. Just sticking to how I've always been.
Giving the canucks that awful anthem singer is somehow better than booing the ever loving crap out of their anthem
I was thinking that also. Lots of good Canadian singers and they pick the one that can’t get the lyrics right and was off tone
I thought that at first too, but a bunch of the Canadian flairs on the hockey subreddit are saying it was awful
