Several players wouldn't show up. But several did. 17 to be exact.
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hmm, there were 20 of the 25 in a photo earlier in the day and I assume the same 20 were in the oval office. I didn't count #s at SOTU, but seems strange that same 20 wouldn't attend
There was a big issue that some of the players needed to be back for their nhl season. Plus they're may have been some other personal items for some of those players, remember a lot of them play on the west cost or west cost Canada. It's probably a logistic nightmare
yeh and that's fine if true, although boggles my mind that they wouldn't soak it in and join the team for the once in a lifetime opportunity. something tells me some or all of these absences were politically motivated...even if players aren't anti Trump maybe their parents are. hopefully not
I just checked and officially all said that missing the event was not political. One guy i think had a 3 month old he just wanted to get back to.