Four Nations-cup

[Messrules11]

I'm looking forward to it.

No it's not the Olympics but it's still best on best international Hockey. You just don't get that many chances in your lifetime to tune in to an event like this. The players get even fewer opportunities to play in them so I suspect they will take it way more seriously than some are concerned about.

I’m a little miffed the Czechs aren’t in, I understand why the Russians aren’t but I’ll be watching. 2 weeks without hockey in February would be silly.
I guess some here could watch basketball but you couldn’t pay me to watch that crap.

 

[OilerFanInLangley]

1) We definitely have the best player in the league who's not at that tournament, so it's a great time for Leon to rest up for the rest of the season.

2) It's gonna be crazy to see McKinnon, McDavid, and Makar all on the ice at the same time, on the same team. It's kind of insane to think of a 37-yr-old Sid Crosby as a tagalong in a 5-man group.

I don't give a crap who the Americans, Swedes or Finns put on the ice, they will be overwhelmed when our top unit is out there.

 

[Mr Kot]

Oh shit didn't even see this thread. My thread got locked and right under it was this one, so we will post here for games?

 

[Stoneman89]

How many bums will come here to post that they aren't watching or don't care?

Chumps.

I'm looking forward to it way more than the all-star break

Guess I'm a bum then. Will only watch casually if it happens to be on when I'm flipping, and while it may be better than an all star game and festivities, I think we all know it for what it is - nothing more than a Bettman money grab. And in a schedule that already is condensed far too much and goes on far too long, it puts extra strain on players that are in it. Especially the big stars who usually chew up lots of minutes and may already be dealing with something else. Personally, I'm also in the group of those that wouldn't mind if both Canada and Sweden get knocked out early and McDavid and Ekblom get some much needed rest and a recharge.
But am not going to diss anyone that wants to watch, so ...enjoy!