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Originally Posted by nik-
This tournament is designed to make as much money as possible.
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Yes. By loading up on star power.
Without North America, we don't get to see the following players:
Connor McDavid
Sean Monahan
Jonathan Drouin
Shayne Gostisbehere
Morgan Reilly
Ryan Murray
Aaron Ekblad
Brandon Saad
Dylan Larkin
Auston Matthews
Mark Sheifele
Nathan MacKinnon
Matt Murray
John Gibson
The argument doesn't hold up quite as well for team Europe, but I would argue that team is still going to try and score goals, instead of the Swiss emulating their World War 2 strategies on ice. And we still wouldn't get to see Kopitar, Josi, Streit, Andersen, Zucarrello etc.
I want to see McDavid and Gaudreau play together more than I want to watch an aging Slovak team or a boring Swiss one.