Macman
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There's a big difference between a league where you make your livelihood and a tournament where you don't.
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There's a big difference between a league where you make your livelihood and a tournament where you don't.
JackSlater
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Also... where they happen to be paid and thus willing to risk injury.
I'm curious about this....are the players paid for the tournament? Or is there something for the winning the gold medal? I'm just asking....and is it different at olympics ?
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No, they are not paid. They and their families (those who want to go) get an all expense paid spring vaca..
if they win, they get championship rings to celebrate the event.. and a 100 gift certificate to Swiss Chalet. yummy ribs. (just kidding of course about the Swiss Chalet gift certificate.)
If they were to win this year, they would all be flown to Calgary this summer where the Olympic team will be awarded their rings at Championship Gala dinner.
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I always find it amusing that they get rings. It makes sense when a team wins a single trophy, but as the players all get medals I don't see the purpose of a ring. It is nice for the coaches and staff though.
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especially since those championship rings are big, unwearable, tacky pieces of bling bling that get stored in a safe deposit box somewhere..
But I'm sure the gala dinner in Calgary will be the event of the summer though...outside the stampede. (If they are even having it in Calgary) maybe it will be in Montreal or Toronto to coincide with any World Junior PR event... who knows...
The U18 team from Sochi Connor Mcdavid et al received their rings last summer. I had a good chuckle.
You mean that guy that stole the game against the Czech Republic, as Canada was outshot 34-20?
Is this about our national team or overly-scrutinizing a goalie because his NHL employer is the Toronto Maple Leafs? Scrivens and Reimer are both quality goalies and give this squad an equal chance at winning any given hockey game. Let's just leave it at that folks.
Is this about our national team or overly-scrutinizing a goalie because his NHL employer is the Toronto Maple Leafs? Scrivens and Reimer are both quality goalies and give this squad an equal chance at winning any given hockey game. Let's just leave it at that folks.
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JackSlater
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What is your point? It makes sense to risk injury for your job. If the reward is significant enough. For the Canadian players, the reward at this tournament is relatively minimal.
Now to be clear, I don't believe that the risk of injury at this tournament is particularly high. But to pretend that the injury risk related to your actual profession is valued the same way as injury risk in an optional tournament (one which is not strongly cared about in the case of Canadian players) is nonsense.
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Then they should stay at home (and listen to the laughters of the rest of the world)
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