I doubt I'll be getting up in the middle of the night to watch the games live, but on some level I'd rather cheer on a bunch of these middling pluggers than overpaid NHLers.
It's also nice to go into a tournament having no real idea what to expect. With Canada being so far ahead of everyone else at the last couple of elite men's tournaments, it's become almost as boringly predictably as the women's game.
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