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Originally Posted by Holden Caulfield
No matter what, that could NEVER have happened. Kopitar has already represented Slovenia at an event higher that U-17, making him ineligible to ever compete for another country for any IIHF sanctioned event, which the Olympics is. He has competed 4 times at the World Championships, 3 of those times in the Elite division. He would never have been able to compete for USA at any IIHF event.
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How was Nedved able to get around this rule? He played for Canada in the Olympics and then for Czech in the WC.