If Europe goes to the Final-Are they the second best hockey nation?
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Bixby Snyder
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Well who knows maybe the will beat Canada and became the best hockey nation. The great nation of Europe. 
CanadaIsIrrelevant
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babblemoth
my heart and I agree
Bixby Snyder
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No one has claimed that a continent couldn't also be a nation as it is in the unique case of Australia.
CanadaIsIrrelevant
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Lol australia is not a continent by itself.
Australia it consists of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Papua, West Papua, Maluku Islands, Timor, Halmahera.
Ben Matlock
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Not nation, maybe hockey-area.
Even then, this is a pre-season tourney, so I don't give this as a lot of weight. This tourney hasn't really changed my view of any team.
Even then, this is a pre-season tourney, so I don't give this as a lot of weight. This tourney hasn't really changed my view of any team.
JackSlater
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Wait wait wait... are you trying to say that the NHL put a non-nation in its "international" tournament?
BruinLVGA
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Europe is not a nation but a continent... and hockey wise it only exists in the imagination of the NHL, so you will not see such a team outside of this World Cup.
BruinLVGA
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Australia is a nation and I would say it is the largest part of Oceania, the continent...
Goonzilla
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Yeah, that's the problem when you include non-national teams in such a format of tournament. What if it ended up,North America v Europe in the final?
That's not what the organisers are planning or hoping for, the idea is that such a team is more competitive and creates more interest, but falls short at playoff time.
The idea is understandable, to help showcase or put on show all of your best players, some of whom might otherwise be in teams that just make up the numbers, but it's truly a double edged sword.
I'm not interested in seeing Canada v Europe for the winners medal, it then becomes just a meaningless exhibition.
I've seen 'Canada B' or 'Team Quebec' suggested; and there would be the playing strength to do it, but what then for international hockey if the final is Canada A v B or Canada v Quebec?
That's not what the organisers are planning or hoping for, the idea is that such a team is more competitive and creates more interest, but falls short at playoff time.
The idea is understandable, to help showcase or put on show all of your best players, some of whom might otherwise be in teams that just make up the numbers, but it's truly a double edged sword.
I'm not interested in seeing Canada v Europe for the winners medal, it then becomes just a meaningless exhibition.
I've seen 'Canada B' or 'Team Quebec' suggested; and there would be the playing strength to do it, but what then for international hockey if the final is Canada A v B or Canada v Quebec?
This is false. The continent is called Australia, which contains a country also called Australia. The idea that "Oceania" is the name of the continent is one of the great myths of our day.
Oceania is just a term used to reference a vaguely defined region of the world, with no formal borders.
Theokritos
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Kudos to the OP, but Europe is not the second best hockey nation now. Europe minus Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic and Russia is the new second best hockey nation. Despite not being a nation at all. And no-one in the involved nations (Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany etc) even cares. Well done, NHL!
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