Perhaps just easier if fan's just gives the NHL/NHLPA their money without having to do these tournaments that are clearly a money grab. I love this notion of Best on Best. It's NHL players vs NHL players. There won't be a large contingent of players from outside of the league that we will be introduced to.
This style of tournament goes back to the 72 Summit series where your typical hockey fan really had little to no clue how good some of this Soviet Union players were. That hockey was an eye opener for people as it showed just how far advanced other countries and systems were.
Fast forward to Canada Cup's /World Cup in the 80's and 90's and it's still a novelty and interesting. This tournament won't showcase anything and the winners really won't matter. If this really was something serious, it would be held more regularly. It's not like the Olympics or World Jr's or World Championships or other more serious tournaments ever take time off
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