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

[jj cale]

I was interested in it due to the NHL having the backbone to keep the war-mongering country out of it (as it happens, there's another now). Less so after they started tracking Disgusting 8's empty-net goal-chase. But yeah, a nice idea, the tournament. Mark Stone already started it by diving into Heiskanen's knee - nothing you wouldn't expect from the Canadians - effectively taking out the most important player to his own team (by a really wide margin) out of the tournament. Effectively ending Finland's pitch before the tournament even started. And the nhl.com is silent. ESPN is silent. It's like Canada losing Makar and having Chris Tanev as the next-best man up while Dennis Cholowski being called up to don the maple leaf . Looking at it right now, all of the three others have an even better shot to the final - Finland is the was-there-before-Stone.

Yes, I'm sure Mark Stone made that play just to take Heiskanen out of this tournament.

You can't be f***ing serious here? and as far as that "incident" goes it was simply a play that happens in a fast paced reaction sport such as hockey. Hintz trips Stone and as he is falling he naturally tries to angle heiskanen off as he is attempting to exit the zone, big deal. It's too bad that heiskanen had to get injured on the play but that's hockey and ten times worse happens in this sport. If a Finnish player had of made that play on Makar they would be making the case I just made and saying shit happens!! and Canadian fans would be saying what Finnish fans are saying about stone, in other words just nationalistic bullshit.

But to make it a conspiracy and worse yet saying " this is what you would expect from Canadian players" is incredibly stupid and stuff you could legitimately be reported for around here.

 

[Razamanaz]

It takes an extremely limited horizon to believe that this tournament is of any relevance. Any tournament organised by the NHL with only NHL players has nothing to do with international hockey and is just a money-printing machine for the owners. The 4 Nations may be of interest to the countries involved at best, but I don't think the rest of the hockey world gives a damn.

We were at the Worldchampionships in Prague just for the fun of it.

As always.

Trump nowhere to be seen ... remember.

 

[Razamanaz]

Finland 'em all.

 

[Czechboy]

I still think it'll be great hockey. I do wonder if it will be considered a best on best win for the winning country on HF? .

Eg. Canada won the last 3 best on best.. would this be 4 in a row.

Finn's have never won a best on best.. does this count?

US have not won a senior best on best since 1996.. does this count?

Or do we wait to see how wina first?lol

 

[PettersonHughes]

It feels too fabricated for my liking, and it's not like they're actually representing their nation like in the Olympics or WCH even. Just a mid-season, "best on best" competition which I'm skeptical whether even the players have much interest in.