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I was just listening to The Athletic podcast dedicated to the tournament. They were saying that neither diehards or casual fans have gotten excited for this tournament. I thought I was in the minority but I am so meh on the whole thing. The NHL season is already way too long and this just extends it even further.

Actually Hughes not playing bothers me. This puts more pressure on Z. HCDE has already been loading his minutes and he doesn't get the same break the rest of the team gets. I am just hoping he stays healthy and isn't overworked so he is fresh when league play starts up again. We will see but not setting my DVR nor planning my life around seeing these games. I will be at pickleball tonight and have indoor cycling tomorrow night. Monsters playing meaningful games on Saturday and Sunday and the Buckeyes host Wisky Friday and Saturday amongst a lot of good college games.
 
Hey, Finns, why don’t you produce good right handed hockey players? I saw something about your whole team being left stick people, with Laine being one of the few exceptions.
 
Doggy said:
I was just listening to The Athletic podcast dedicated to the tournament. They were saying that neither diehards or casual fans have gotten excited for this tournament. I thought I was in the minority but I am so meh on the whole thing. The NHL season is already way too long and this just extends it even further.

Actually Hughes not playing bothers me. This puts more pressure on Z. HCDE has already been loading his minutes and he doesn't get the same break the rest of the team gets. I am just hoping he stays healthy and isn't overworked so he is fresh when league play starts up again. We will see but not setting my DVR nor planning my life around seeing these games. I will be at pickleball tonight and have indoor cycling tomorrow night. Monsters playing meaningful games on Saturday and Sunday and the Buckeyes host Wisky Friday and Saturday amongst a lot of good college games.
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While I do think it’s kind of a burden to have this tournament now, instead of in the summer or right before camp,(or just waiting for the Olympics) I am very excited for it.

I love best on best. This is what an actual “all star game” is.

Yes I’m concerned about Werenski getting injured. But let’s hope that doesn’t happen.

I know one other person other than me that excited for this. So I bet the ratings are terrible. But that’s what happens when you pigeon hole a tournament in the middle of your season with very little promotion until the month of the event.

Oh well. I’m rooting for Werenski to do well, despite my rooting interests being cloudy. But I will in the end find myself rooting for Team USA. It should be a fun tournament.
 
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koteka said:
Hey, Finns, why don’t you produce good right handed hockey players? I saw something about your whole team being left stick people, with Laine being one of the few exceptions.
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You do know only 10-15% of the world's population is left handed? In most of the world, left handers shoot righty and right handers shoot lefty. The US is the odd ball because we have baseball.
 
I'm so excited for this tournament. There hasn't been any sort of best on best play in so long, so any sort of flaws with this little tournament have not really mattered to me. Compared to the usual all star weekend stuff this will be way more entertaining.
 
If Finland's new coach is as systemic as Jukka Jalonen, Finland is a dark horse even though they have the weakest roster.

True, the tournament will be played in the USA and Canada and not in Slovakia, where the Finns have won two titles out of three since 2000. 😼
 
Doggy said:
You do know only 10-15% of the world's population is left handed? In most of the world, left handers shoot righty and right handers shoot lefty. The US is the odd ball because we have baseball.
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Yes, my righted American kids shoot left, and they can poke check like you wouldn’t believe, because I understand hockey.

But Finland has Finnish baseball. So they should be sort of like us. And the Canadians have plenty of right shot guys.
 
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