Olympic tournament format

[puckMAN]

What do you like more the way they will have it in 2006 with 12 teams and 2 pools A&B then the medal round,or the way they have had the past 2 Olympics with 14 teams 3 rounds the Prelims then Pool Play then the Medal round?Me I think I will end up likeing the past 2 more then 2006.

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[Jazz]

What do you like more the way they will have it in 2006 with 12 teams and 2 pools A&B then the medal round,or the way they have had the past 2 Olympics with 14 teams 3 rounds the Prelims then Pool Play then the Medal round?Me I think I will end up likeing the past 2 more then 2006.

Easily the new format (for 2006).

This way a team like Slovakia will not get screwed by both the IIHF and the NHL like in '98 and '02

 

[TORRUS]

This format because now all the countries will all get the same chance.

Like the poster above me said, ask the Slovaks what do they think of the previous format.

 

[wilka91*]

2006 > 98 and 2002

Simply because of Slovakia.

 

[SwisshockeyAcademy]

This is the format that should have been in place from day 1.

 

[12# Peter Bondra]

This format because now all the countries will all get the same chance.

Like the poster above me said, ask the Slovaks what do they think of the previous format.

You dont even have to ask.

This format > 1998 and 2002

In the 2002 games, we played our last round robin game with only 3 forward lines and 2 D-pairings cause the NHL teams didnt allow players to go cause we were already out of the race for a spot.