The whole point of international competition is to play for your country...seems strange to add teams with multiple countries. I suppose it works in the Ryder Cup.
I imagine the big factor is that this is an NHL event, not an IIHF one, so they want NHL players....and Swiss/Slovaks, etc cannot ice an entire team with NHL players...not even sure the Czechs can. I suppose that is why they are thinking of an 8th team of extras...since there is no way the rest of Europe could assemble 2 NHL rosters...they'd be stretched at 1.
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