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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
For a true World Cup of Hockey to work, you would need something that has the sponsorship and blessing of both the NHL and the IIHF. Possibly the KHL as well. If the NHL and its ownership continues to try and promote and champion its own "World Cup" that it alone organizes and gets revenues (split with the NHLPA) from, it will always be undermined by the World Championships and Olympics.
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Why would the NHL need the sponsorship and blessing of the IIHF?
If they have 100% of the best hockey players in the world and 95% of the players that would be top choice for teams to play in this tournament who cares what the IIHF says?
If the NHL says no Olympics how would c level events like the World Championships and Olympics come close to undermining the events at all?
The World Championships is looked at as a joke now if the NHL wanted it could make it ten times worse by saying nobody goes to play in it at all, but they don't need to do that because who is going to say "no thanks I don't want to see Crosby vs. Ovechkin because in May I saw Eberle vs. Random KHL bum X"?