I'll let Eric McErlain handle this one:

I would think that just as a native of the American Virgin Islands like Tim Duncan can play for the U.S. in Men's Basketball, it wouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility for the big names like Brodeur, Theodore and Lecavalier to opt to play for Canada instead.

Sounds like a one-day story that will infuriate the people it was designed to infuriate, and cheer the voters it was designed to cheer -- just like all sorts of planks that wind up in political platforms.