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Originally Posted by polak
It doesn't make sense until every player plays for their own country and every country has a shot at qualifying. You know... like a WORLD cup should be? It's a joke that the NHL just decides who is worthy of being in it. A World Cup should never be an Invitational...
And there should be ZERO bias towards taking NHL players and ZERO influence from the NHL regarding individual nations management.
Until it follows that call this the NHL Invitational Cup or some BS.
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Why is it so difficult for you to understand that ice hockey is only played at a high level in a handful of countries in the world? The kind of tournament you're talking about would be an absolute travesty. It would be like having an NFL world cup where a team of guys from Poland in shoulder pads gets destroyed by American pro players who toss them around like children and beat them 78-0.
Including 6 or 8 teams in a tournament who have zero chance of winning does not elevate the stature of a tournament - it degrades it.