Now that the NHL will enable its gamers to participate within the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, many have begun to wonder if their favorites will participate within the occasion.
That features Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron, who represented Crew Canada in 2010 and 2014, successful gold each instances. He additionally has been a part of 2016 World Cup crew, turning into certainly one of 11 Canadian gamers to be a part of the unique triple gold membership.
It is most likely secure to imagine the 18-year NHL veteran might be on the roster when Canada releases it, as he continues to be one one of the best two-way forwards within the league. However if you happen to ask Bergeron, he isn’t precisely occupied with that proper now.
Or if he’s, he is at the least not alluding to it.
“I believe as an athlete you need to compete and also you need to be at your finest,” Bergeron mentioned Wednesday over Zoom. “At the beginning, my precedence is with the Bruins and have an awesome season with them and work towards getting higher from week-to-week or month-to-month, if you’ll, and the remaining will fall the place it falls. I’ve no management over that, however as an athlete you all the time problem your self to be at our greatest. And people issues clearly are in your radar.
“I am very conscious that I am Canadian and there is lot of very proficient gamers. It is gonna be robust to be on that crew. I am very conscious of that, however all I can actually management is that what we will do right here with the Bruins as a crew and go from there.”
It definitely sounds as if Bergeron is open to the thought. We’ll cross that bridge once we get it to, although.
The Bruins opened coaching camp Wednesday with some group exercises and cute household photographs. They’re going to skate Thursday as followers will get their first have a look at what the brand new traces may seem like come Oct. 16 when Boston begins its season in opposition to the Dallas Stars at TD Backyard.
