LAS VEGAS -- We talk easily of the sacrifices players make when it comes to things like the Olympics or the World Cup of Hockey.
It's a term that rolls easily off the tongue. My good pal Pierre LeBrun recently wrote about how Matt Duchene played through a separated shoulder and helped Canada earn its third consecutive championship in best-on-best hockey.
But what if the notion of sacrifice means something else -- like, say, the sacrifice of choosing not to play for your country? Does it mean the sacrifice is any less meaningful?