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Originally Posted by Itse
The 2016 World Cup of hockey was probably the first international hockey tournament I completely skipped in 30 years, even though they had the whole season before it to sell me on that thing. The NHL never got me interested, I didn't end up watching it and I've never felt like I missed out on something.
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The second you put a young gun team together - which was fun to watch - you immediately take out the passion for the North American fan. Winner and losing matters less - because you can excuse every loss due to a McDavid, Matthews or Gaudreau being missing from the team.
It turns it from a nail biting experience for Canadian and American fans to a really well played exhibition tournament.