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Originally Posted by AC
It's not an Olympic level tournament obviously, so why not have fun?
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It's not Olympic level because Switzerland and Latvia won't be icing teams? The best players in the world will all be there. Personally, I saw no difference in quality of play between the Canada/World Cups and the Olympics. In fact, I'd say the overall standard of play was better in the former because there weren't a bunch of hopelessly outclassed teams.
The problem with this tournament is the NHL for some reason felt the need to have an 8-team tournament. Going with the traditional 6-team tournament of the World Cup would have been fine, and wouldn't have required two gimmick teams.
But once they hit the ice, these guys will all pay just as hard as they did at the Olympics.