But there is no denying he exaggerated the truth concerning the state of his wonky ankle when updating Team Canada officials about his status. As a result, he told Team Canada officials on Tuesday that he couldn’t go on. Obviously, he wasn’t, leaving Team Canada having to bring in the Buffalo Sabres’ Ryan O’Reilly as his replacement. For Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby, the concept of having a player like Seguin downplay an injury in order to play for Team Canada jersey comes as no surprise. At the same time, as the GM of Team Canada, his mandate has to be doing whatever it takes to win this tournament.

Source: National Post September 15, 2016 15:22 UTC