Around the NHL 2024/25


The plan is to have 8 teams participating according to Bettman:

“At least eight countries” will be participating, doubling the 4 Nations format, which Bettman referred to as “merely a sample” of the World Cup. The other four participating federations have not yet been decided and it is possible that there will be a qualifying tournament to allow teams to play their way in.

“This is our tournament with our players,” Bettman said.

“Our anticipation is we’ll be using country-by-country teams,” Bettman said. “And again, we have a myriad of decisions that we have to make, which is one of the reasons that in the timeframe we had to put this [4 Nations] tournament together, this was the best format that was in a position for us to execute it in a first-class way with the timeframe that we had.”

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Bettman couldn't confirm where the additional 4 countries would actually get their players from if they all have to be NHLers..
 
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