Okay, I was wrong, the 4 Nations WAS excellent hockey. Here is my review on it.

[koyvoo]

The one knock against the 1979 Challenge Cup in terms of being best on best is that the NHL team had no time to prepare. The NHL was extremely stacked, but as I said elsewhere, 1979 and 1981 was likely the peak of Soviet/Rusdian hockey and they were an unbelievable machine at that point.

 

[wetcoast]

I still prefer the NHL. But it was the most NHLish an international tournament has ever been. Way better than the all-star game. It's got nothing on the playoffs though. Not even close.

Maybe to the 2 teams involved in the SC finals but that final game had SC finals feeling to it and it delivered.