World Cup: 2016 World Cup — Team Europe
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chauron
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North Americans don't own hockey. The IIHF games have been there from the year 1920, so the heritage is actually stronger than you deem to incline. This World Cup is just one league's leaders making one exhibition tournament before the season starts, so players can warm-up and the owners get some $$$, which doesn't even channel the funds back to ice hockey as a sport (it all goes to owners bank accounts and nothing goes to juniors, building facilities et cetera).
I'm pretty sure the world cup is split 50 percent with the players and that's why the players association is okay with it.
Most money for facilities is normally from taxes in canada. And most of the chl (juniors) teams make a profit don't they ? They should get money from the world juniors but why from a men's tournament
Where does all the profit from the Olympics and whc go anyways ? The players play for free for those tournaments they must make pretty good cash.
I will cheer so strong against Team Europe, hopefully EU players will look uninterested and unmotivated so that in 2020. there won't be EU team. 
Still can't believe who came on such stupid idea...
Still can't believe who came on such stupid idea...
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Many of the teams players come fresh off Olympic qualifiers. Best a coach can do with a team that will have never played together and will barely have any time for training sessions is try to build as many lines as possible with players from the same nations / played together somewhere and hope for the best.
To be really successful you need team chemistry and this team just can't have that with the way its constructed.
To be really successful you need team chemistry and this team just can't have that with the way its constructed.
Will Team Europe play any preparation games? Also interested of the prep game schedules of USA, Canada and NA Young Guns if anyone knows.
EDIT: Googled and found it: https://www.nhl.com/news/world-cup-of-hockey-pre-tournament-training-camp-schedules/c-793114
So next Thursday we get NA Young Guns vs Team Europe. Pretty cool.
EDIT: Googled and found it: https://www.nhl.com/news/world-cup-of-hockey-pre-tournament-training-camp-schedules/c-793114
So next Thursday we get NA Young Guns vs Team Europe. Pretty cool.
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Grubauber as replacement ? Not too much to chose from . Khudobin , Hiller , Gudlevskis , Budaj or Berra are other possible goalies but clearly worse imho.
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Makes sense. He's not only clearly the best available replacement goalie but also he already had been training for a couple of weeks with the German NT for the Olympic qualifier.
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I will cheer so strong against Team Europe, hopefully EU players will look uninterested and unmotivated so that in 2020. there won't be EU team.
Still can't believe who came on such stupid idea...
What's wrong with it?
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I also think Ehlers should have been added. Maybe even a rookie to be like Bjorkstrand could take a job from Bellemare or Hansen.
Not that the kids will be definitely that good, but Team Europe will be relying on some seriously over-the-hill scorers like Gaborik, Hossa, and Vanek. I don't know if the kids would make an impact, but you know the old guys won't.
Not that the kids will be definitely that good, but Team Europe will be relying on some seriously over-the-hill scorers like Gaborik, Hossa, and Vanek. I don't know if the kids would make an impact, but you know the old guys won't.
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Not much hockey in a while, so I will definitely cheer for them. Sure it's a stupid idea, but it's still hockey I can watch. I think it'll be fun to see how they interact with each other. Can't wait. 
Not much hockey in a while, so I will definitely cheer for them. Sure it's a stupid idea, but it's still hockey I can watch. I think it'll be fun to see how they interact with each other. Can't wait.
It's a very dumb idea for the NHL to transform an international tournament into a kitschy all-star tournament. But the players will take it a bit more seriously than an all-star game, so I'll probably watch.
Pft let's see how it is before assuming it's not gonna be good. All traditions start out with stupid ideas.
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