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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I bet they could get more players going if the thing was so damn long. Do they really need to have teams like France and Italy in this getting pounded by every body with a shot at medalling.
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Countries like that need opportunity to develop, and that's only going to happen if they play with the big boys once in a while instead of only in the B-Group. Latvia and Norway for example used to be in the b-group all the time and now they've developed and can compete with the likes of Germany at least. It's also the reason the WHC takes place every year as it finances the lower level tournaments.
Olympic years always suck (though the 2010 tournament was awesome
) in terms of rosters. Sweden is getting declines left and right.
For Germany Ehrhoff is out unfourtunately. Big blow to lose the MVP but I hope we can avoid relegation.