You can't have a league with rosters full of all-stars playing every night unless it's a <10 team league.
Yeah it's nice and fun when those tournaments come around where the level of hockey is at its highest but if you're going to have a team represent every city that is in the league including Calgary, the talent level is going to be diluted a bit. The reason I get so invested in hockey is cause there's a team that I grew up around and represents my home city. I am nowhere near as invested in team Canada (except Olympics, it's close then) as I am in a local team. So.. no. The hockey is more consistently entertaining on the international stage but that homer feeling makes up for the less exciting games.
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