Should Czechia and Switzerland or Germany have Swedens and Finlands spots in 4 nations?

[Eye of Ra]

Czechia, Germany and Switzerland have done better than Sweden and Finland last 3 years in international tournaments. Why is Sweden and Finland chosen ahead of those 3 nations?

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[Albatros]

They don't have enough NHL players and you knew it before opening the thread.

 

[Eye of Ra]

They don't have enough NHL players and you knew it before opening the thread.

Its not just about that.

 

[theslatcher]

Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!

 

[jigglysquishy]

4 was always a dumb number. Should have been 6 if you wanted a mini tournament.

 

[Eye of Ra]

4 was always a dumb number. Should have been 6 if you wanted a mini tournament.

Canada, usa, czech, Germans, Switzerland, Finland,

 

[Golden_Jet]

It’s strictly an NHL tournament, those nations don’t have enough players

 

[Czechboy]

I'll ignore the premise but Czechs could have sent a team with AHL guys

It's not IIHF so Xhekaj and Ludvig could have joined Rutta, Gudas and Hornek. Toss in Jiricek, Spacek and Svozil from AHL and we are done (or Kral).

We have enough NHL forwards
Pasta, Necas, Hertl, Kampf, Nosek, Lauko, Kulich, Zacha, Palat, Chytil, Vrana, Ivan, Klapka
We have more than enough NHL goalies

not saying we would've won with this but it was possible.

 

[Fil]

This "tournament" is not even sponsored by iihf this thing a bunch of mumbo jumbo

I could not care less if czech was in it or not

 

[moropanov]

I think its still most interesting hockey event this 24-25 season because best players are available > so more interest than WJCor WCH. To if czechia or switzerland should have Finland's or Sweden's spot no.. Fin and Swe are much better team's atleast on paper when playing with A roster than mentioned team's and have better international succees also in WCH and WJC levels in bigger picture just clearly better hockey nations there's no argument. Optimal would be if there would be6- 8 team world cup but this is good apetizer for thinks to come from now on and because its best vs best its more of indicator where these 4 nations stand related to each other than WCHs its not official championship, but comparable stuff as summit series typic at its time when Soviets and Canada matched similar typic event. Four best nations of hockey (Russia might challenge For top 4, but they are not counted nowadays and hopefully for long)

 

[Rabid Ranger]

This is dumb, even for the OP.

 

[Eye of Ra]

This is dumb, even for the OP.

Im aware that Sweden and Finland have more Nhlers. But its just not about that. Czech, Germany and Switzerland had more sucess last years, does that not count? Should they not be rewarded? And do Sweden have any players of the level of Draisaitl, Stutzle and Pastrnak? I think not.

 

[swissdude]

In all seriousness I know you're not that excited about your swedes when it comes to hockey but you don't really want to claim that germany or switzerland would do better than finland or sweden... it's an nhl only tournament so no way switzerland could ice a competitive team, we won't pause our league for that and I really don't want to see a team with some nhl players and juniors who play in north america representing switzerland. I don't think anybody beside some hardcore fans do really care for the 4 nations around here. So let the US, CAN, SWE, FIN have fun with it, i couldn't care less

 

[ViD]

Russia should be reinstated. If Sweden or Finland are against it, they can play Estonia and Latvia and be happy

 

[Albatros]

Russia should be reinstated. If Sweden or Finland are against it, they can play Estonia and Latvia and be happy

Russian Ice Hockey Federation leadership is sanctioned by the US and Canadian governments, there's absolutely no way the NHL is going to entertain any cooperation regardless of what the Finns and the Swedes do.

 

[Czechboy]

Russia should be reinstated. If Sweden or Finland are against it, they can play Estonia and Latvia and be happy

So you want a three nations cup. Russia, us and Canada?

 

[Fil]

Russia should be reinstated. If Sweden or Finland are against it, they can play Estonia and Latvia and be happy

how about nobody plays russia and we are all happy?

 

[ViD]

So you want a three nations cup. Russia, us and Canada?

Works for me

 

[theslatcher]

Russia should be reinstated. If Sweden or Finland are against it, they can play Estonia and Latvia and be happy

Why? What has changed since they were first banned?

 

[ViD]

Russian Ice Hockey Federation leadership is sanctioned by the US and Canadian governments, there's absolutely no way the NHL is going to entertain any cooperation regardless of what the Finns and the Swedes do.

NHL could easily work around that, they can call the team “Russian NHLers” and comprise the team of the NHL players only.

Why? What has changed since they were first banned?

They should not have been banned in the first place. Israel is allowed to play so I’m no longer taking your reasons for the ban and I’m stopping the political discussion.

 

[theslatcher]

NHL could easily work around that, they can call the team “Russian NHLers” and comprise the team of the NHL players only.


They should not have been banned in the first place. Israel is allowed to play so I’m no longer taking your reasons for the ban and I’m stopping the political discussion.

Cool, so they'll stay banned.

 

[Czechboy]

Works for me

Politics aside.. I would watch that tournament. Russia is clearly on the rise based on the draft picks and guys coming through and all 3 nations hate each other on the ice. It'd be fun. About as likely as Czechs winning the 4 nation cup though.

 

[Albatros]

NHL could easily work around that, they can call the team “Russian NHLers” and comprise the team of the NHL players only.

Sure they could, but the Russian authorities would be sure to forbid players joining any foreign-operated national team.

 

[Fil]

They really just could of done

USA,Canada,Finland,Sweden,Czech and Team Europe (And could have got IIHF approval to make this tournemnt meaningful
But NoOo
We get this shit

 

[redwings86]

Czechia, Germany and Switzerland have done better than Sweden and Finland last 3 years in international tournaments. Why is Sweden and Finland chosen ahead of those 3 nations?

Sweden is one of the best national teams of all time and Finland had success since 1988 in hockey and both are given in these tournaments.

Hard punches to German fans?