Who else has very little interest in the Four Nations tournament?

[Sergei Shirokov]

The World Cup was handicapped with the North American team and team Europe. Thst was a gimmick.

This is just 4 teams playing. The lack of practice is what’s going to kill this thing. No team is gonna gel


Not really. Team is thrown together barely any practices and they’ll play what 3 games?

It’s going to be meaningless in the end of the thing. Especially since national teams usually take a while to get going and Canada is a notoriously slow starting team that only gets better as the games go on but in this tournament there’s no runway. There will be nothing to be read from this tournament other than scouting for the Olympic team because national teams haven’t been able to have best on best teams in 10 years

You think if Canada finishes last it'll be a non-story? No chance. What if the goaltending sinks them? Or course it'll be a story.

These teams being thrown together is the nature of any international competition in pro hockey, not unique to this event.

 

[Oilslick941611]

You think if Canada finishes last it'll be a non-story? No chance. What if the goaltending sinks them? Or course it'll be a story.

These teams being thrown together is the nature of any international competition in pro hockey, not unique to this event.

Because it’ll be 3 games. It will be a non story. The usual haters will try to stir up shit but it won’t matter. This tournament is a glorified all star game and not indicative of anything. It’s like the preseason.

 

[Razamanaz]

Well Finland boys gonna get ya all centre and all Canada.

Barkov - Aho - Hintz - Granlund

A fine Finland-line for victory.

No bad Finland-boys than your lot against Canada.

 

[FerrisRox]

Without Russia, I don't take this very seriously at all.

 

[Reality Czech]

Problem is NHL wants all the money but needs other leagues to fill out nations outside of these four.

Yes that is a problem. Hopefully they'll have a better solution the next time around.

One thing they could do, and I'm not necessarily on board with this fully myself, is do a 3 on 3 international mini-tourney instead of the ASG next year. I would prefer that to the typical ASG at least.

Well Finland boys gonna get ya all centre and all Canada.

Barkov - Aho - Hintz - Granlund

A fine Finland-line for victory.

No bad Finland-boys than your lot Canada.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if Finland ends up winning it. They are always a contender in international tourneys despite not having as much talent as the big 3-4 on paper.

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

When I 1st heard someone say something about this I didn't even treat it as hockey news, I thought it was some Jr exhibition or something...

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Not having Russia makes it a joke. Games are local to me so I'll probably go watch some in person but I don't have high expectations. I can't imagine any of the players will care all that much about it. It's not the Olympics and guys aren't really playing for their countries. Nobody will want to risk getting hurt going all out. It'll probably be fun but more of a novelty not extremely serious competitive best on best as the fans want.

 

[abj]

Barkov - Aho - Hintz - Granlund

A fine Finland-line for victory.

Granlund have started well as well by Hintz. The other two will get started eventually, especially there are high expectations in Barkov.

 

[x Tame Impala]

1) If the players seriously care and make the games important then I will enjoy watching. If it’s a glorified all star game then it’ll be a waste

2) no Russia is regrettable. Russia antagonizing WW3 is also regrettable but since this isn’t the Olympics I think they should be allowed to participate. They should’ve added Russia and a 6th “Rest of the World” team

 

[wintersej]

I was interested until I got my email for early access to the strip and looked at the price.

 

[NewtJorden]

I have no interest in it at all

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

They need to do the World Cup of Hockey instead. No matter where it's hosted it'll attract a lot more fans and will motivate players to want to compete.

 

[Razamanaz]

Well kill 'em all this time around ... without Putin!

 

[ClydeLee]

I laugh at all the no Russia means no interest comments.

I dont have interest because they got rid of what made the last nhl tournament great. Team NA and Europe. The fun and exciting teams to watch. Otherwise what's the point, the wc exists for a normal tournament every year.

 

[njdevils1982]

just realized there is two weeks between devils games because of this nonsense

gary is a complete braindead moron thinking people want this "tournament"

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

1) If the players seriously care and make the games important then I will enjoy watching. If it’s a glorified all star game then it’ll be a waste

2) no Russia is regrettable. Russia antagonizing WW3 is also regrettable but since this isn’t the Olympics I think they should be allowed to participate. They should’ve added Russia and a 6th “Rest of the World” team

Agreed on both points.
I think the people seemingly so triggered by this tourny they feel the need to say so will be watching just like everyone else.

Pre-season games streamed on YouTube are faithfully watched ffs

 

[Channelcat]

This is one those tournaments that will be complety forgotten the day after.

 

[HabzSauce]

I'm down lol something different. Owners gotta be sweating tho about injuries

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

How is not having Russia more of a joke than having 4 teams in the tournament lol. Russia should be there but I mean what about all the other countries Rinky Dinky tournament no doubt

 

[kudla]

First best-on-best international tournament after 9 years and people are still crying. Unbelievable

 

[varsaku]

First best-on-best international tournament after 9 years and people are still crying. Unbelievable

There is zero prestige in this tournament since it is the first go around. They keep changing the format and don't give it time to build any sort of reputation. Look at the World Baseball Classic, after years of holding it is finally getting a good following. If NHL wants to achieve that, they need to stick to one format.

 

[Altimus]

Someone important to thier team is going to get hurt and cause an entire fanbase to blame it on its playoff failings.

 

[starling]

Without Russia, I don't take this very seriously at all.

Same. With Russia in it, I'd be seriously livid. Now I'm casually looking forward to some good hockey.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Zero interest, likely won't watch any of it.

 

[NYRfan85]

It's on the same level as the All Star Game to me, completely meaningless exhibition hockey that interrupts the season. The only country-vs-country tournaments that mean anything are the Olympics or the World Juniors.