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Originally Posted by GirlySports
It could be done but the NHL runs the show and NHL owners dont want that.
It's hard to start and maintain a tournament. Whatever momentum gained from the 2014 Olympics or 2016 world cup is gone.
The soccer world cup has had 21 editions and 8 winners. And its only gotten big since I wanna say 82. The expanded 24 team format.
The baseball world classic has had 4 editions and is barely off the ground.
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Yep I hear you. Hockey had something very close with the Olympics but money got in the way. So the fans lost out.
The Canada Cup was also very good.
There is great history of international hockey play involving NHL players, from '72, the touring Soviet teams, Canada Cup etc. now it all seems stalled. Going to require some different leadership from the NHL I imagine.
I like how the NBA commish has talked about shortening the regular season, introducing tournaments etc. I hope we start to see some fan friendly creativity from hockey eventually.