Assign player to national team for World Jr's

northjersey · 12-06-2023, 09:31 PM

is there a way to assign an (eligible) player from an NHL team to their team's National Junior team for the upcoming World Jrs tournament. For example, I can't find the Canada National Jr team as an option to assign the Ducks ' Tristan Luneau

JeffR · 12-09-2023, 04:07 PM

The only way at the moment is to send him back to a league that allows players to leave for the WJC (e.g., the CHL leagues for Canadian players.) Unfortunately, that would have the effect of losing the player for the rest of the year because he can't be recalled from the CHL team. At one point we looked at a more flexible system for allowing those players to be "volunteered" to the national team, but it wound up being a little overcomplicated to implement for a relatively small effect. I'll see if I can think of a better way of doing it (maybe by making it an option for human-run teams only.)

12-06-2023, 09:31 PM	#1
northjersey Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2022 Posts: 228	Assign player to national team for World Jr's is there a way to assign an (eligible) player from an NHL team to their team's National Junior team for the upcoming World Jrs tournament. For example, I can't find the Canada National Jr team as an option to assign the Ducks ' Tristan Luneau

12-09-2023, 04:07 PM	#2
JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,429	The only way at the moment is to send him back to a league that allows players to leave for the WJC (e.g., the CHL leagues for Canadian players.) Unfortunately, that would have the effect of losing the player for the rest of the year because he can't be recalled from the CHL team. At one point we looked at a more flexible system for allowing those players to be "volunteered" to the national team, but it wound up being a little overcomplicated to implement for a relatively small effect. I'll see if I can think of a better way of doing it (maybe by making it an option for human-run teams only.)