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Why should Canada be divided into two teams? Does any other country in any other sport ever get divided into two teams just cuz they happen to be the most dominant at what they do?

If Canada did divide into multiple teams and then any other country happens to win can they truly claim to be the best in the world?
 
Better format:

Canada
USA
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Switzerland

Alternate format:

Canada
USA
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Czech Republic
 
Hmm I think this would be a better:

Pool 1
Canada Ontario
Canada Quebec
Canada West
Rest of Canada

Pool 2
Canada Ontario 2
Canada Quebec 2
Euros
USA
 
Don't think the format matters much at this point, Canada's just too strong making any tournament somewhat boring. Maybe things will be different 5-10 years down the line but for now, boring about sums it up. That includes the Olympics - all the tradition and history in the world along with "meaningful" medals and zillions of people watching can't change the fact that on the ice, there is little excitement.

At this point, the NHL should perhaps give the fans something exciting to watch instead like a U24 NA team vs a U24 Europe team series, now that would be something people would watch!
 
Gary Nylund said:
Don't think the format matters much at this point, Canada's just too strong making any tournament somewhat boring. Maybe things will be different 5-10 years down the line but for now, boring about sums it up. That includes the Olympics - all the tradition and history in the world along with "meaningful" medals and zillions of people watching can't change the fact that on the ice, there is little excitement.

At this point, the NHL should perhaps give the fans something exciting to watch instead like a U24 NA team vs a U24 Europe team series, now that would be something people would watch!
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They wouldn't though. All of us would. But not the general public.
 
Preisst said:
Why should Canada be divided into two teams? Does any other country in any other sport ever get divided into two teams just cuz they happen to be the most dominant at what they do?
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There is no United Kingdom team in soccer, but England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland each have their own club despite being distinct geographic portions within the same sovereign state.

I don't think the root of that is to avert dominance, though.
 
tmg said:
There is no United Kingdom team in soccer, but England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland each have their own club despite being distinct geographic portions within the same sovereign state.

I don't think the root of that is to avert dominance, though.
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It definitely isn't :laugh:

It's actually historic, England vs. Scotland was the first international game ever played and in general the Home Nations were the first to start with football and international play.
They are, by the way, also the federations that, along with FIFA, are members of the IFAB, the body that governs the laws of the game.
 
Keep team Europe for sure, lesser teams aren't good enough to compete and its just boring

its nice seeing the slovaks and germans get some wins, good for the game
 
How about:

1. Rename it Canada Cup
2. Make it a best of 7 series between US and Canada, or split US and Canada into geographical areas. ( Like team Ontario, Quebec etc.)
3. Make it consistent annual or biannual event.

Thus making it a distinct tournament for NA hockey supremacy.
 
The only way to make these tourneys interesting again is to hire someone like Bobby Clarke to run Team Canada again and bring the likes of Zamuner and Corson and Draper and Maltby along.

Ever since Canada figured out in 2010 that they should only bring first line and top pairing guys, the results have been extremely boring.

Let's be honest - it's every bit as big a talent discrepancy as USA Basketball at the olympics. It's just not competitive.
 
jniklast said:
They are, by the way, also the federations that, along with FIFA, are members of the IFAB, the body that governs the laws of the game.
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Funny fact: prior to the founding of FIFA, the idea of the originators was that the various national federations should simply join the Football Association (England). They sent an request to that end to London, but the FA declined. Only after that did the gentlemen in Paris decide to found FIFA.
 
leafsfan1234 said:
Hmm I think this would be a better:

Pool 1
Canada Ontario
Canada Quebec
Canada West
Rest of Canada

Pool 2
Canada Ontario 2
Canada Quebec 2
Euros
USA
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otherwise good but too many teams that the canadians aren't interested in watching. Scratch USA and euros and it's golden.
 
Better yet...Let's just have team captains and a draft. As a consolation for being the lar player picked on each team, that player gets to design the team uniforms
 
I loved the current format, but would like to see 2 more teams added so there are more round robin games. Here's what I would like to see for the next tournament...

Canada A
Canada B (they are good enough to be in the tournament so why not?)
USA
NA youngsters
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Europe combined (adds Czech)


Also would add a rule whereby you can play for Canada or USA if you 23 or under if you already played on team NA in this tournament.
 
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