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Originally Posted by chockfullofgoodness
But it still a hell of a lot more important than the WJC. The Olympic tournament is the only time hockey gets ANY semblance of international exposure. Give your head a shake.
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Right. Because all the countries that participate in the hockey tournament don't have a large amount of hockey exposure already. How does exposure even matter? I'm talking about the teams involved, and the teams consistently involved in both tournaments are almost all hockey-rich nations that don't require "exposure," so I'm not sure what point you were fumbling towards.
These tournaments only matter to countries that care about hockey, that's it. A win for Canada doesn't mean that much less in the WJC than it does in the Olympics? Why? Because both tournaments are highly valued by almost all of the participating nations. They don't mean much, but it's about pride. To say they are incredibly different in importance to the nations that matter is, to say it politely, a bit naive.
If exposure is your concern, then trust me, a country like Japan, or Brazil, or Spain doesn't care who wins the WJC or Olympic gold.
Using "give your head a shake" is a great way of being hilariously dismissive, but it didn't strengthen your point any.