[bgill]

Agree. Too many switch citizenships as often as they switch hats. If it's not citizenship, then they move to another country and train there. And the coaches pack up and move right along with them. There are no “countries” in the Olympics except maybe the Jamaican bobsled team.

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t think it’s that easy to change the country that you compete for, even if you can change citizenship. In hockey it’s probably not even worthwhile to do this. If you have already competed for Country A and you then become a citizen of Country B, I believe you have to go through a four-year waiting process and play for your new country in a lot of international tournaments before the International Ice Hockey Federation will let you represent Country B in the Olympics.