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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
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.
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Yes basketball has a revamped 32 team world cup this September in China. It's really going to push the sport forward.
Canada is in Group H with Australia, Lithuania, and Senegal.
There is no room for fan friendly events in the NHL. It's a nickel and dime league. Let's have another outdoor game between Chicago and Boston.