Sure. Lindros refused to play and finally caused Philly to make a big blunder giving Avs Forsberg and couple championships.
I don't think it is a good example of 'player option'.

>Not completly true. Remember a certain Eric Lindros drafted by the late Nordique?
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>>I had no intention to deny it. It still does not explain why it should be sad that Canadian teams do not win cup often. By simple math (6 teams of total 30) it should be rare.
>>By the way, if you are familiar with NHL draft system, you should know that Canadians 'come to' US-based team just because these teams draft them, i.e. they cannot refuse.