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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Will be cheering for Canada and U23's
If it so happens I end up having to pick one because they face each other, Canada all the way. I'm Canadian after all.
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This...
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I admit that the two gimmicky teams are annoying, and I'd have preferred they stuck to the traditional six teams.
However, some of the best hockey I've watched in my life was the the Canada/World Cup, so I'm not as dismissive of the tournament as the people who've only ever watched Olympics are. And personally, I'm glad there won't be 6 crap teams in the tournament and a bunch of exhibition-quality games at the outset. I have no doubt that the quality of play, from the opening whistle of the first game, will be better than the Olympics.
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And this.
Who enjoys the opening rounds of the Olympics, with Canada vs. Germany and USA vs. Norway? No one. People are impatient through those games and get excited for the medal rounds where the true contenders face off. In the WC, we get that from game 1.