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Originally Posted by Samuelsson
Also, golf is a singular, one-person game. I'd love to see all those European skaters try to speak to eachother on the ice. Likelihood is the players won't wanna play for it either. A team feeling and chemistry is something that's built up over time, when you play more regularly with the same players, whether that be in the World Cup or the Olympics. Going to play a competition with people you hardly know, not feeling that patriotic because, well, it's not your country you're playing for is a recipe for a mullering.
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Have you watched a Ryder or Presidents Cup event? The non-American team really does come together as a unified body despite being from different countries. They may not be playing for their own nation but winning still has significant meaning.
Team Europe in a hockey tournament can still come together despite not having a singular national identity. There major driving force will likely come as an "underdog" drive with their focus being on beating the national powerhouses.