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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
'96 was not the Canada Cup.
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Same thing...different name.
Thats whats kind of humorous here. The NHL has been to 5 Olympic games and people are freaking out that its so much better than the Canada/World Cup.
The NHL was involved in 5 Canada/World Cups.
1987 CC was the best hockey I think that ever has been and ever will be played.
The 1996 iteration was terrible...but that was due to the fact that everyone knew there would be NHL representation going to Nagano which changed everything.
Now we have come full circle and I would expect to see the World Cup to once again become the huge tournament of best on best it once was...but it wont happen right away.