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Originally Posted by GirlySports
No you don't, you can establish different powers. Why not Germany for example?
And what's the excuse the last 20 years? War only broke out last year.
The NHL is not serious. Team Europe? TNA-23?
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There was a plan to bring back the WC format next February which was derailed by the invasion of the Ukraine.
https://www.nhl.com/news/world-cup-o...24/c-337484414
They then delayed that to Feb of 25, but that is in doubt as well because of the still existing geo-political situation we find ourselves in. The decision to go forward with it or not will have to be made by the end of this summer to accommodate the logistics of it all.
And no...you cannot have a best on best tourney in hockey without Russia and be able to call it that.