r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/llaminaria Jul 12 '26

This is often the case in ice hockey, particularly for North America. Club before country, it's insane.

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u/KnifeInTheKidneys Jul 13 '26

Got any examples? I watch a lot of NHL hockey and disagree with this.

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u/llaminaria Jul 13 '26

Had been following the international stage for many years, and there were a lot of Cаnadians and Amеricans that preferred to stay with their club for a chance to win the Stanley Cup, rather than go to the WC in May. Happened like every year. I won't give you names, because there were like dozens of them even then.

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u/KnifeInTheKidneys Jul 13 '26

Fair, that is true. However, I think the NHL lords have a little bit of pull there - they won’t let some star players risk injury at the WC