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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
We Hold the Olympic hockey in higher Status. Europeans/Russians do not see it that way. The World Championship is like them winning the Stanley cup.
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This gets trotted out a lot by supporters of the WHC but has there ever been a Euro who has said this?
During the Olympics many Europeans from different countries said this was the biggest tournament to them. Every year there are exactly 0 Europeans who leave the NHL and a shot at the Cup to go play in this tournament.
I think Europeans definitely care more about it than NA's but there is 0 chance that Europeans or Russians see this as a big deal than the Olympics or Stanley Cup.
As someone said a transparent ploy by Putin to try and put the Olympic failure behind them and act as though winning this nothing tournament is a big deal.