Call me crazy ... but I like (almost) everything about this new World Cup idea / format. The only thing I'd change is to have the top 7 IIHF teams compete and an 8th team made up of top player from remaining countries.
My dream scenario:
- World Cup every 4 years in September
- All-Star Game held the other 3 years ... in September. (I have a lot of reasons for wanting to see the All-Star game moved to the start of the season)
- Winter Classic every year at usual time
- Amateurs in Olympics. A much higher likelihood of upsets from smaller countries when pure amateurs are playing (I would guess). I actually think that more countries would get engaged due to more upsets occurring ... rather than watching the same 5 countries battle for a medal every event.
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