If this is what replaces the flaccid all-star week, I'm okay with it, showbiz and all. But to be a meaningful representation of best-on-best there needs to be Czech and Russia.
Compared to what NBA, NFL and MLB put on as the all-star showcases, I think the NHL marketers have a winner.
Nothing... I mean nothing will replace a Stanley Cup, but this does sell the game, which I've mixed emotions over.
100% agree.
It seems that's what they'll be doing moving forward. From what I understand, they'll move it to a 8-team format and will host it every two years.
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No Russia in the IIHF U20 was criminal as well. Nothing is the same when they exclude Russia.
Russia would win this thing with their goaltending alone. Best in the world.
Excluding Russia is brutal.
I like how they asked the crowd in french, before the anthems, to leave the world events at home and to unite under hockey. Yet, they didn't let Russia play...
