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

[Halakitlikethat]

If the extra-curricilars werent going on, wouldn't Russia be #5 this year?

Maybe? There might be an argument to be made there but any real best on best would have more than 4 teams.

 

[nORRis8]

I know very little about this tournament and I'm quite content with that.
Meaningless.

 

[Folignos Helmet]

There are some pretty crazy schedules as a result of this.
LA is at home for almost a month between the break and home games.
Leafs have only one Home game between January 30th and March 4th. Lots of others as well.
Curious what it will mean down the stretch for impact on momentum.

 

[Ulysses31]

ya not watching

 

[Kegs]

I’ll watch it and I’ll complain the whole time because Russia isn’t represented.

 

[Goose]

I have nothing against it, and we need some better international tournaments for sure, but I have trouble getting interested in it.

It's not like "I won't watch that", but there's a good chance I just watch a couple of highlights and don't bother turning on an actual game.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

On team don’t really care about it

Though I did end up enjoying the World Cup in 2016. Was that before the season started?

This has a very different vibe & have a feeling it’ll play out like a bunch of boring all star games

 

[RorschachWJK]

It's not even close to the Olympics, of course. World championship tourney is also more important than this one. However, it's MILES better than the absolutely idiotic crap that all star game and and skills competition are.

I will watch it but I won't me holding my breath. And yes, if Russia was playing, then both Finland and Sweden would instantly decline the invite. And I wouldn't even urinate in the general direction of the tourney. f*** them.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Doesn’t Europe have the same thing? I swear there was a round robin tournament thing that Sweden, Finland and Russia partake in..