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Originally Posted by blender
I don't understand why so many here are down on this tourney.
What's wrong with international hockey?
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There are a few things lacking, like the full slate of countries and prestige/history. And I can see that. It doesn’t make me aggressively hate the tournament as it does others but it lowers the GAF level a bit.
Also go read any pre tournament thread for a World Cup of soccer, WJHC, WHC, Olympics etc and it’s pretty common for tournaments to get repeatedly and aggressively #### on like they’re the worst thing ever. Then when it starts those people either disappear or change their tune.
I suspect this one will be no different. Unless Canada loses badly and/or Mcdavid sucks or plays well or gets talked about or mentioned at all. Then there’ll be lots of backlash.
But if we see a spirited tournament, especially between Canada and the USA, the game threads will be active and passionate as always.