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View Poll Results: World Cup of Hockey - Which team are you cheering for?
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Canada
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80 |
26.49% |
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Czech Republic
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3 |
0.99% |
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Europe
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6 |
1.99% |
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Finland
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5 |
1.66% |
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North America
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200 |
66.23% |
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Russia
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3 |
0.99% |
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Sweden
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4 |
1.32% |
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United States
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1 |
0.33% |
06-02-2016, 05:24 PM
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#102
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
I shall be the sole supporter of Russia! Comrade Putin and I shall encourage the Motherland together!!
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You have my axe.
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06-03-2016, 10:27 AM
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#103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
You have my axe.
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And now we are 3! The Fellowship of the Motherland! Gather wheat for the upcoming struggle comrades!
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06-03-2016, 10:40 AM
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#104
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
You have my axe.
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And you have my bow!
(although I wanna be Aragorn. Can we start again?)
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06-03-2016, 10:44 AM
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#105
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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And theres no fun Minnows to cheer for. Can we get Moldova in on a write-in ballot?
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06-03-2016, 07:56 PM
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#106
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: STH since 2002
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Hoping for a Canada vs North America final and praying Treliving has Johnny and Monahan signed with new 7 year deals a month before the tournament begins.
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06-04-2016, 12:20 AM
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#107
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Regina
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Maybe Backlund will replace Steen.
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06-04-2016, 12:46 AM
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#108
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Originally Posted by homestand
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$1600 for the nosebleeds? haha, no thanks. This isn't exactly Canada Cup '87.
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06-04-2016, 05:09 AM
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#109
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
And theres no fun Minnows to cheer for. Can we get Moldova in on a write-in ballot?
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I'd vote for Moldova any day of the week.
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06-05-2016, 12:05 PM
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#110
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
And theres no fun Minnows to cheer for. Can we get Moldova in on a write-in ballot?
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Oooh group buy for Moldova jerseys?
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06-05-2016, 01:20 PM
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#111
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by nik-
I seem to recall the 2004 World Cup being pretty fantastic.
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But it was all countries, completely different than what this will be.
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06-05-2016, 01:29 PM
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#112
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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I find the ad campaign they just started to be pretty funny. "Which country owns hockey" and then fans and players from each country claim it's their homeland. If there was one international tournament where that campaign doesn't work, it's this one. 
I'm sure the whole reason for going that direction was because they know how silly and money driven the format is and that while it's a fun idea with lots of great players, there won't be much sentiment from fans towards any particular teams. It's more of a "I'll watch some great hockey" tournament.
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06-05-2016, 01:31 PM
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#113
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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I actually would have respected that style of ad campaign more, "We assembled a lot of talent, come watch some great all star style hockey with more intensity!".
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06-05-2016, 01:33 PM
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#114
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Jul 2013
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U23 for sure
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06-05-2016, 02:38 PM
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#115
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
$1600 for the nosebleeds? haha, no thanks. This isn't exactly Canada Cup '87.
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The NHL comes across as an ever-increasingly greedy league these days. This whole tournament with its money/power grab, along with incidents like when they banned Tampa from having an outdoor viewing party, or even the push for hockey in Vegas, really demonstrates how little they value their core fans vs. their bank accounts.
I mean it was always about the money, but now it just seems obnoxiously greedy to me.
As for the poll? Meh, I just don't give a crap to be honest.
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06-05-2016, 02:51 PM
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#116
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Will be cheering for Canada and U23's
If it so happens I end up having to pick one because they face each other, Canada all the way. I'm Canadian after all.
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This...
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I admit that the two gimmicky teams are annoying, and I'd have preferred they stuck to the traditional six teams.
However, some of the best hockey I've watched in my life was the the Canada/World Cup, so I'm not as dismissive of the tournament as the people who've only ever watched Olympics are. And personally, I'm glad there won't be 6 crap teams in the tournament and a bunch of exhibition-quality games at the outset. I have no doubt that the quality of play, from the opening whistle of the first game, will be better than the Olympics.
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And this.
Who enjoys the opening rounds of the Olympics, with Canada vs. Germany and USA vs. Norway? No one. People are impatient through those games and get excited for the medal rounds where the true contenders face off. In the WC, we get that from game 1.
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06-05-2016, 02:55 PM
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#117
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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Quote:
Originally Posted by albertGQ
How is this not best on best?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
The US and Canada have restrictions on who they can select as a result of age.
It's not a best on best.
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The only thing that the U23 age restriction, and U23 team, does is ensure that there is more elite talent on the ice; i.e. it goes further in ensuring that all of the best players are on the ice, facing each other, with little or no lesser talent from countries that struggle to put together a full roster that can compete.
It's all killer, no filler.
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06-05-2016, 02:56 PM
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#118
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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Originally Posted by nik-
This tournament is designed to make as much money as possible.
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So is the NHL, and you watch that with undiminished enthusiasm.
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06-05-2016, 03:02 PM
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#119
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Djibouti
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Originally Posted by shermanator
I will be cheering for no team. This tournament is a stupid idea and I'm not watching. The fact that this is replacing NHL players at the 2018 Olympics is a joke.
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The decision on whether they go to the Olympics and the holding of the WC have little to do with each other. IIRC, the Olympics are on the brink because of issues of location (and the fact that the games would be played at the worst times for the NHL's biggest markets), insurance, ownership of the game product for rebroadcast and promotion purposes, etc. Nothing to do with the fact that a WC will be held this summer.
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06-05-2016, 03:11 PM
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#120
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Celebrated Square Root Day
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Originally Posted by Mike F
The decision on whether they go to the Olympics and the holding of the WC have little to do with each other. IIRC, the Olympics are on the brink because of issues of location (and the fact that the games would be played at the worst times for the NHL's biggest markets), insurance, ownership of the game product for rebroadcast and promotion purposes, etc. Nothing to do with the fact that a WC will be held this summer.
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It is actually reportedly true, you just have it backwards. The NHL reportedly decided they weren't going to continue going to the Olympics which was absolutely about money, and then the World Cup of Hockey was revived to replace the Olympic participation, only with the NHL now making all the money.
It's fine to say you're okay with how everything is happening, but you'd be fooling yourself to say the World Cup of Hockey isn't about the money and that it has little to do with Olympic participation.
This was a completely calculated, money driven decision. Full stop.
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