*Official NHL Regular Season Thread*

[snipezo]

"A lot of players (get dual citizenship) throughout their career," Brodeur said, "but it doesn't change my loyalty to Hockey Canada, that's for sure."

Yea.

 

[Gtown81]

even if Brodeur wanted to play for team USA, he wouldn't cause he'd know he'd get booed 20 times as bad as Brett Hull did

 

[STLZACH]

Why would he get citizenship right before the olympics?
I saw somewhere that he said he wouldn't mind playing for USA. Or wants to. Or something like that.
What happened with Hull? I wasn't watching hockey during his time
But either way, USA still has a decent shot at Gold. Canada is sooo overpowered that I thnk they will choke, and Russia looks extremely promising as well.
But USA looks pretty dam good.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

Why would he get citizenship right before the olympics?
I saw somewhere that he said he wouldn't mind playing for USA. Or wants to. Or something like that.

You didn't seriously think there was a chance Brodeur would play for the U.S. in the Olympics right? :rotfl:

He wouldn't even be able to play for the U.S. anyways because once you play for one country in a IIHF tournament, you can't play for a different country.

What happened with Hull? I wasn't watching hockey during his time

He chose to play for the U.S. instead of Canada.

But either way, USA still has a decent shot at Gold. Canada is sooo overpowered that I thnk they will choke, and Russia looks extremely promising as well.
But USA looks pretty dam good.

I highly doubt Canada is going to choke. They will likely dominate.

 

[STLZACH]

You didn't seriously think there was a chance Brodeur would play for the U.S. in the Olympics right? :rotfl:

He wouldn't even be able to play for the U.S. anyways because once you play for one country in a IIHF tournament, you can't play for a different country.


He chose to play for the U.S. instead of Canada.


I highly doubt Canada is going to choke. They will likely dominate.

Yea, i doubt he will but it don't matter anyway, Miller is one of the better goalies in the NHL. top 4-5.

Nabokov. That is all I have to say about that second part.
Ill find the IIHF rules later, I went through them last night and he would be able to play.

Oh. You should play for your home country, no matter where you consider that to be.
If I had a NHL contract, and my country wanted me to play for them, but it meant losing my NHL contract, and I wouldn't be allowed to return, I would STILL play for my country.

And yea, they will most likely dominate, but I like to have faith

 

[Gtown81]

there was actually big controversy about the Nabokov situation, but I think he was able to switch because Kazahkstan used to be apart of Russia

normally I'd laugh at you for thinking Canada might choke, but after the last olympics, you have a good point

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

Yea, i doubt he will but it don't matter anyway, Miller is one of the better goalies in the NHL. top 4-5.

Nabokov. That is all I have to say about that second part.
Ill find the IIHF rules later, I went through them last night and he would be able to play.

No he wouldn't be able to play...

It won't, however, change his allegiance to his country of birth.

Zach Parise tried to start a controversy about Brodeur changing sides to play for the Americans in the upcoming Olympics, but IIHF rules won't allow it since he's already played for Canada in international events.

Not that Brodeur would even consider it anyway.

"A lot of players (get dual citizenship) throughout their career," Brodeur said, "but it doesn't change my loyalty to Hockey Canada, that's for sure."

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=508358

Oh. You should play for your home country, no matter where you consider that to be.
If I had a NHL contract, and my country wanted me to play for them, but it meant losing my NHL contract, and I wouldn't be allowed to return, I would STILL play for my country.

And yea, they will most likely dominate, but I like to have faith

Hull didn't make the Canadian team for the 1986 World Championships so he decided to play for the U.S. since he had dual-citizenship because his mom is American.

 

[Yankees2772]

Team Russia is honestly going to run away with the title.. Biases aside... Team USA isn't in the conversation.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

Team Russia is honestly going to run away with the title.. Biases aside... Team USA isn't in the conversation.

I don't know about that...

 

[STLZACH]

yea canada v russia will be interesting.
i will pull up the IIHF rules, I swear i saw it.

 

[Gtown81]

USA is definitely going to be in it this year. They've got a <Censored> load of speed.

 

[STLZACH]

People can play for a different country if they meet the following conditions

http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/champio...ligibility.html


Change of national eligibility (The ‘four-year’ case)
A player, who has previously participated in IIHF competition, can switch national eligibility (but only once in a player's life) if:

* He is a citizen of the new country of his choice
* He has participated for at least four consecutive years in the national competitions of his new country, during which period he has neither transferred to another country nor played ice hockey within any other country and has not played for his previous country in an IIHF competition during this four year period.
* He has an international transfer card (ITC) that shows the transfer to the national competition of his new country and which was approved and dated at least four years before the start of the IIHF competition in which he wishes to participate.

 

[snipezo]

Why would he get citizenship right before the olympics?
I saw somewhere that he said he wouldn't mind playing for USA. Or wants to. Or something like that.
What happened with Hull? I wasn't watching hockey during his time
But either way, USA still has a decent shot at Gold. Canada is sooo overpowered that I thnk they will choke, and Russia looks extremely promising as well.
But USA looks pretty dam good.

Because his wife and kids are Americans. It's pretty similar to Jason Bay's case. Even if he's American, he wouldn't play with team US EVER!!

 

[STLZACH]

Because his wife and kids are Americans. It's pretty similar to Jason Bay's case. Even if he's American, he wouldn't play with team US EVER!!

but he can.
idk if he will, i think its about 20/80 chance that he will.

 

[snipezo]

USA is definitely going to be in it this year. They've got a <Censored> load of speed.

They're a young team as well.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

People can play for a different country if they meet the following conditions

http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/champio...ligibility.html


Change of national eligibility (The ‘four-year’ case)
A player, who has previously participated in IIHF competition, can switch national eligibility (but only once in a player's life) if:

* He is a citizen of the new country of his choice
* He has participated for at least four consecutive years in the national competitions of his new country, during which period he has neither transferred to another country nor played ice hockey within any other country and has not played for his previous country in an IIHF competition during this four year period.
* He has an international transfer card (ITC) that shows the transfer to the national competition of his new country and which was approved and dated at least four years before the start of the IIHF competition in which he wishes to participate.

Even with that rule, he still wouldn't be able to play in the upcoming Olympics.

 

[snipezo]

but he can.
idk if he will, i think its about 20/80 chance that he will.

There's 0 percent chance.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

but he can.
idk if he will, i think its about 20/80 chance that he will.

He will never play for the U.S. There is no chance at all he will play for them in the 2010 Olympics and he will likely be retired by the 2014 Olympics. Plus he said that even though he now has American citizenship, it doesn't change his loyalty to Hockey Canada.

 

[STLZACH]

Even with that rule, he still wouldn't be able to play in the upcoming Olympics.

:unsure:
explain?

edit:
oh.
ouch.

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

:unsure:
explain?

edit:
oh.
ouch.

Just read over the rule. It's not to hard to understand..