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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Yeah, if/as it becomes a tradition on a regular schedule, it will become an event, but that is going to take a while. 8-11 years, like you said.
The World Cup would be important now if they hadn't gone to the Olympics, but they did, and it seems like small potatoes because of it. You'd never get half the country out of bed at 4am to watch Canada take on Sweden in the WCoH final. That's the fun of the Olympics.
I'll watch every minute of every World Cup I'm sure, but it'll never be the same.
Anyway, I am curious to see what they do for a team at the Olympics. Will it be a Spengler Cup kind of squad?
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from what i understand...yes. Though they will have a larger pool of players to draw from than just Europe as the Spengler team usually is.
they will be able to take guys from the AHL as well who aren't on NHL deals.
They can also, IIRC, take university/college players without affecting their amateur status.
Canada can still assemble a dominant team...though one would think that Russia has a better pool to draw from than anyone.