Official 2025 4 Nations Face-Off Thread

[Tripod]

USA to win the whole thing thanks to shitty Canadian goaltending.

That's what I expect as well.

Idiot Hart could have been the starter for TC

 

[CutOnDime97]

4 teams is gimmicky but international hockey always rules. Much better than the ASG, you know guys will be playing hard.

 

[dragonoffrost]

4 teams is gimmicky but international hockey always rules. Much better than the ASG, you know guys will be playing hard.

It would probably have been 8 if things were different and I'll leave it at that.

 

[CutOnDime97]

It would probably have been 8 if things were different and I'll leave it at that.

It's NHL players only. I believe that's why Czechia and Slovakia aren't playing. So I don't think that would've changed things.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Wow.

I am so disconnected from the Flyers now that just today did I learn Sanheim was on Team Canada. I knew TK.

Good for them

They needed his experience as the 7th defenseman for Canada.

It would probably have been 8 if things were different and I'll leave it at that.

I know what you’re saying but they really want this to be a showcase of NHL players and outside of the country you are referring to, their isn’t a lot. Slovakia for example only has five active NHL players.

 

[dragonoffrost]

It's NHL players only. I believe that's why Czechia and Slovakia aren't playing. So I don't think that would've changed things.

It would have been different rosters, they would have changed it to make it larger. $$$$$ would have talked.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

If the players care, you get games worth watching. Works for basically every sport.

 

[dragonoffrost]

If you can't get to 8 maybe they went 6 with either a Europe or Young Guns team.

From reports even Finland is having a tight roster due to injuries.

 

[ellja3]

This is a good teaser before Olympics, that's all.

Please, no Team Europe or Young Guns, that was an abomination.

 

[Curufinwe]

Wow.

I am so disconnected from the Flyers now that just today did I learn Sanheim was on Team Canada. I knew TK.

Good for them

It is nice for them. It's unlikely Sanheim will be on the Olympic team, so hopefully he gets some game time in this tournament.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Please, no Young Guns, that was an abomination.

Whoa. Wait a minute. Team Europe was stupid, but do you mean the 2016 World Cup North American U23 thing? That was the most fun I've had watching an international team this century. They played with their hair on fire every second.

 

[Curufinwe]

It would have been different rosters, they would have changed it to make it larger. $$$$$ would have talked.

I don't think the NHL would get many extra dollars from adding extra European teams.

A three game series between US and Canada might have been more profitable.

 

[ellja3]

Whoa. Wait a minute. Team Europe was stupid, but do you mean the 2016 World Cup North American U23 thing? That was the most fun I've had watching an international team this century. They played with their hair on fire every second.

Yeah I did not like it. If it's Team USA/Team Canada, it's Team USA/Canada. If it is U23 All Stars, it is U23 All Stars. A mix (NA All-Stars) just... Eh.

 

[Curufinwe]

On 32TTP Friedman said the ad breaks are 30 seconds longer in the tournament, so that should mean extra rest and more ice time for the biggest stars.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Whoa. Wait a minute. Team Europe was stupid, but do you mean the 2016 World Cup North American U23 thing? That was the most fun I've had watching an international team this century. They played with their hair on fire every second.

I honestly hated it because it killed USA more than it did Canada. The over 24 group for the US was not really good at that time period. They of course exacerbated it more by making puzzling decisions.

I’m not saying they didn’t care but a good bit of those US guys probably could have been legit options for their roster if available. So they kind of were robbed of an opportunity to represent their country.

I don’t think USA would have won anyway over Canada but they would have put up a better showing if their entire talent pool was available to them I think. I think that would have eliminated some of the egregious roster decisions they made.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Both of those posts are completley fair. I just meant the actual hockey they played was incredibly fun in ways that don't really exist anymore now that we have to coach the fun out of the NHL.

 

[ellja3]

Hart dropped the ball big time w his literal f--kery