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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
Who cares about time zones? If our WJ kids can go Russia for half a month, I think the winning NHL team can go overseas for a small tournament.
I'd love to watch it.
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As you know, the problem isn't the players, it's the teams and the owners.
Junior players are paid nothing, nhl players are paid millions and owners a not going to risk that for a silly tournament unless the payoff is huge (which it won't be). Especially since they are the defensing champs and just played until June 15th.
They don't even want to go to the Olympics, they're definitely not going to this.
The only solution I see is the Stanley Cup champs going to the Spengler Cup mid-season (since the structure of the tournament is already there) but then the same risks are there and their regular season games would have to be delayed making for a very condensed 2nd half.