It's not dropping his Russian passport that matters, it's if he's elligible because he's only played one full season of hockey in the USA. Stefan Matteau got burned for that when trying to play at the U18 last spring (Only had 1 1/2 seasons).
Passport =/= citizenship remember. You could theoretically have only American citizenship but if you hadn't played in America I'm not sure you would be elligible.
I can't imagine they would drum him up so much and it turns out he's not elligible though. They couldn't let it happen twice in a calander year could they?
I have to think they got all of this straightened out. Galchenyuk/Matteau in, Sutter/Lowe out.
Doesn't the US NDTP (or whatever it's called) have a big say in who plays for these events and who doesn't. I thought that was more important than skill and I'm not sure what events they are big in or not.
Tinordi gave up college and went to play for the London Knights when he wasn't going to be part of the US NDTP program and play in the under 20's, if I remember correctly.
Doesn't the US NDTP (or whatever it's called) have a big say in who plays for these events and who doesn't. I thought that was more important than skill and I'm not sure what events they are big in or not.
Tinordi gave up college and went to play for the London Knights when he wasn't going to be part of the US NDTP program and play in the under 20's, if I remember correctly.
The NTDP are U-18 and U-17 teams that develop players for international events like the WJC. Yes every USA WJC team has alot of NTDP alums on it and some say USA Hockey has bias towards their NTDP program.
Pretty random, just flew into Albany and all the players were getting there bags and stuff.. Didn't realize this is going on this weekend, may have to check it out.
It's not dropping his Russian passport that matters, it's if he's elligible because he's only played one full season of hockey in the USA. Stefan Matteau got burned for that when trying to play at the U18 last spring (Only had 1 1/2 seasons).
Passport =/= citizenship remember. You could theoretically have only American citizenship but if you hadn't played in America I'm not sure you would be elligible.
I can't imagine they would drum him up so much and it turns out he's not elligible though. They couldn't let it happen twice in a calander year could they?
Who knows, it's a really cloudy subject, it could be the IIHF changed their stance (like they did with Matteau it seems) or it could be that dropping the Russian passport was the final confirmation that Galchenyuk can play for Team USA without any issue.
Flash forward back to recent weeks and I’m told per a source that the IIHF has reversed its ruling on Matteau and has declared him eligible to represent the United States in future World Championship competition. The next event he’d be eligible for is the World Junior Championship, for which he’d obviously be a strong candidate for inclusion.
Quote:
Another source with knowledge of the eligibility rules has informed me that they’d expect there to be no issue with Galchenyuk’s eligibility. Without the Russian passport, he may no longer be considered a dual citizen in the eyes of the IIHF. Though the fuzzy ruling on Matteau obviously leaves some room for concern.
I figured Skjei and Matteau would be debatable but I think they make this team. Maybe I will be wrong about it, I often have been, but we'll see. Biggs I feel even stronger makes the team but again, who knows. Certainly removing those three games you get guys that approach the 99% range (not counting health factors) whereas these three might be in the 70-80 range. In my estimation of course, reasonable minds can and will differ.
Who knows, it's a really cloudy subject, it could be the IIHF changed their stance (like they did with Matteau it seems) or it could be that dropping the Russian passport was the final confirmation that Galchenyuk can play for Team USA without any issue.
Well the Matteau ruling means little since he completed his year with the USNTDP so he's got his 2 years.
But yeah, there's probably going to be no issues but the Matteau ruling came out of the blue so who know's. I'm not sure why the IIHF would no longer consider him a dual-citizen because he gave up his passport, I have a friend who was born in South Africa, she gave up her South African passport when she got Canadian citizenship, but she never gave up her citizenship.
Big unknown with him. Says enough that he was invited to camp over some others who weren't but its kind of up in the air how he'll handle the jump. I think a lot of these prep kids get a bad rap because they don't play against the kind of competition others have. That said, could he make a Kreider like impact, maybe? He's got loads of skill but like Kreider, played all over the ice in high school and pretty much was free to do as he pleases. Scouting report says he needs to really enhance his defensive game but has all the skills and a great shot. Really athletic kid, had D1 scholarship offers for soccer too, but needs to put it all together.
Best guess, maybe but needs to really impress to get a jump on others in order to get a top 9 spot.
1-0 Blue (Kuraly from Carrick and Grezlyck)
2-0 Blue (Kuraly from Schmaltz and Blackwell)
2-1 White (Trochek from Ryan and Welinski)
2-2 White (Matteau from Miller and Broadhurst)
Kuraly seems to be making a statement. I've thought he'd be on the team so I'm glad he's performing so far.
1-0 Blue (Kuraly from Carrick and Grezlyck)
2-0 Blue (Kuraly from Schmaltz and Blackwell)
2-1 White (Trochek from Ryan and Welinski)
2-2 White (Matteau from Miller and Broadhurst)
Kuraly seems to be making a statement. I've thought he'd be on the team so I'm glad he's performing so far.
Kuraly jumped from 29 points in 51 games in his draft year to 70 points in 54 games in the USHL this year. Big, strong guy, great speed, and apparently has some hands. 3-1-4 in the first two games.
