USA beats Canada in OT to win first hockey gold since 1980 'Miracle on Ice'

[MichMan]

16. Wouldn't Canadian players be way more interested in playing for Canadian teams than relocating to the USA?

Seems like the teams in Canada would be able to acquire a lot more talent by virtue of the sheer number of Canadian players. Players would be much more likely to be household names in Canada compared to the US.

Then, given that hockey is Canada's national sport, compared to the US where hockey is much less popular than Football, Baseball and Basketball, it would seem that the Canadian teams would have much higher attendance, media, player endorsements, and sponsor revenues, even if in Canadian dollars.