Is 4 Nations a “Best on Best”?
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WarriorofTime
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- Jul 3, 2010
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Technically no because it’s a 4-team invitational without open qualification. But it is marketed as such as the four teams have fill nhl player availability.
ORRFForever
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No.
4 teams. No Russia. No dark horses like Czechia or the Swiss or Slovakia. There has to be a bare minimum to be considered Best On Best and this doesn't get close.
This is a warm up (between 4 strong nations) for the Olympics.
4 teams. No Russia. No dark horses like Czechia or the Swiss or Slovakia. There has to be a bare minimum to be considered Best On Best and this doesn't get close.
This is a warm up (between 4 strong nations) for the Olympics.
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Mathieukferland
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Yea best againts best games between these nations thats what it means i suppose. Same as if Denmark and Latvia played best of 7 series it would be best againts best.
Crosby2010
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Well, with the 4 countries playing in it, yes. But overall no. Russia, Czechs, Slovakia are all not playing. With the Challenge Cup in 1979 it wasn't the Canada Cup with training camps and lots of practice time or anything. It was like this, it was to replace the All-Star game. And it was the Soviets vs. the NHL. Technically not Canada as the team had all Canadians plus three Swedes. To me it is still important but the Canada Cups were the key to the best on bests. That was the real tournaments.
