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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
How many other Countries could even ice and full team from NHL players?
Czechs, MAYBE Slovaks? (obviously russia)
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Only the Czechs. Even then, there are only 5 Czech d-men who have played games in the NHL this year. They could probably find a couple more in the AHL to fill out the roster.
That's a problem with doing an NHL-centric "World Cup" midseason. There's really only 6 nations that have enough NHLers to ice a full lineup and you're unlikely to get the European leagues to shutdown for two weeks in February to allow their players to participate.