He is supposed to be one of the hungriest players on the Swedish team. Now he is just famished to be part of the most important section of the big hockey tournament so many have been anticipating. Now he knows firsthand about Olympic technicalities and gamesmanship. Given the choice between a Stanley Cup winner who can check people into the boards and a bureaucrat who knows how to fight the Olympic system, a hockey team might have to seriously consider the latter. You know what they say, as the Czech coach is so eager to remind.
Rules are rules.
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