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Originally Posted by mattihp
On NHL.com, Erixon was not only stated to be born in the US (which is 100% true) but also was drafted as an american citizen... Dual citizenship I guess? Why would they post him as an american citizen when he has played internationally for the swedish team?
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every human born on US ground can file for US citizenship i think.
but the reason behind nhl.com listing could be that they list players not by their citizenship but by where they are born.
heatley is german, kolzig is south african, regehr brazilian and so on.