What intensity do you expect the players to play the 4 Nations Tournament?

[bossram]

players are prideful especially wearing their national jersey. I expect maybe not playoff level but more than a normal regular season game.

This is where I expect the level of play to be too.

These guys are competitive. They wanted to be selected to their national teams. They're going to try. Look at Crosby - he was doing everything he can to play.

People voting all-star or preseason calibre are out to lunch.

There's really some of you that think these guys will be giving all star/preseason level efforts? They are putting on a national team jersey on an international stage, not a Mastercard Metropolitan Division eyesore at Gary's Sponsored Sunday Skatearound.

If you can afford it, please buy yourself a clue

A lot of these people are gonna be eating a lot of crow when they see the level of play.

Well probably not. Most likely they'll just retcon what they said and pretend they were cheering for this tournament all along.

 

[bossram]

People voting anything other than playoff level haven’t been around in previous World cups, Canada cups or best on best Olympics. I remember the battle between Kasparitis and I think it was Lindros in the 1996 WC, Crosbys OT goal celebration in the 2010 Olympics etc etc however last World cup in 2016 included two gimmick teams which took away a bit of that. But there’s nothing like that this time. The 4 best eligible nations in the world in a best on best battle in the most classical a prestigious hockey towns. The premiere for Canada will be against Sweden in Montreal… expect playoff level intensity folks…

Yep. 100%.

Even with the WCoH, I get that it was 9 years ago, and people decried that as a "gimmicky" event, but the quality of play at that tournament was actually very high. The team NA vs. SWE game was some of the fastest paced hockey anyone has ever seen.

This tournament is being taken seriously by the players. That anyone thinks it'll be at an-star game calibre intensity is laughable.