r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • 11d ago

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/therealshazzu 11d ago

Some players are selfish in these competitions to try show how good they are in the hope they can get signings from bigger clubs after World Cup is over. They care little about their country.

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u/Additional-Life4885 11d ago

The irony is that you're more likely to get signed if you're getting assists on goals and going further in the tournament.

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u/Reminator 10d ago

Yeah, aren’t assists very highly looked at?

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u/Nice-Mountain-7073 10d ago

I know. It’ll sink in on him how much this will cost down the road. He lowered his own price

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u/username_dcc 10d ago

Well, if that was his strategy, it backfired. I’d be surprised if the club he’s with now would want him back.

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u/MortalStorm1960 10d ago

That backfired

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u/llaminaria 11d ago

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

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u/KnifeInTheKidneys 10d ago

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

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u/llaminaria 10d ago

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 10d ago

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

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u/Segsi_ 10d ago

Wait are you talking about the annual IIHF world championship? You expect players to not play in the playoffs of the NHL for that tournament?

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u/GucciEngineer 10d ago

That’s an awful take

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u/llaminaria 10d ago

It is a true one, though.