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

[Nucks2001]

Why do you think it’ll be soft Hockey? Canada wouldn’t bring Bennett if they planned to play soft.

No clue what that guy is talking about. A game with Marchand, Konecny, Bennett, and the Tkachuks is bound to get scrappy and to think Canada was considering taking Wilson too.

 

[DingerMcSlapshot]

A couple big name players are probably going to get hurt. Destroying their Teams Cup chances. Over a joke Tournament.

 

[hangman005]

A couple big name players are probably going to get hurt. Destroying their Teams Cup chances. Over a joke Tournament.

First one will be Mark Stone.... and no one will believe it.

 

[kevsh]

Friedman brought up a good point on his 32 Thoughts podcast re: Booing national anthems being a thing now. America plays twice in Montreal for the tournament (at least in the regular round).

How much is Gary going to love the optics of Canadian fans booing the U.S. anthem during his pet tournament? Of course, there still is some time and things will likely cool down a little over the next week or so, but this is Montreal (and Boston) fans - both can be very passionate and very loud and I doubt either will resist the temptation to stir the pot (for which I am envious btw).

 

[ponder719]

I wasn't interested, but I'm trying to convince myself to care, because it's the closest I'm going to get to having a rooting interest in a team that might win something for quite some time.

 

[Chan790]

None, whatsoever.

 

[barriers]

Friedman brought up a good point on his 32 Thoughts podcast re: Booing national anthems being a thing now. America plays twice in Montreal for the tournament (at least in the regular round).

How much is Gary going to love the optics of Canadian fans booing the U.S. anthem during his pet tournament? Of course, there still is some time and things will likely cool down a little over the next week or so, but this is Montreal (and Boston) fans - both can be very passionate and very loud and I doubt either will resist the temptation to stir the pot (for which I am envious btw).

I'm pretty sure Gary has convinced himself that boos are a sign of adoration by this point in his life.

 

[MeHateHe]

The animus at the heart of the booing doesn't make me more interested in this tournament, but rather less. I watch the NHL because it's more or less my only option for pro hockey, but the league is ultimately a US-based league with Canadian outposts, and along with my concerted effort to buy fewer US products (to the extent possible) I'll be consuming little of this NHL-only spectacle as a result.

I will normally watch anything where a Canadian uniform is being worn, even if I don't follow that sport. But this is a sham of a tournament, intended to be an exhibition primarily to satisfy a US audience, and I have only the vaguest notion of its existence. Dunno when it starts, or where all the games are being played. I hear Sidney Crosby is Canada's captain, but not much more than that.

I genuinely don't begrudge anyone who wants to watch this; to each their own. But not me.

 

[the valiant effort]

Our beloved playoffs can't even spell intensity anymore, and some o' y'all think this tournie is going to ramp it up??? :jokinen-mad:

 

[Kegs]

Canadian players love these tournaments.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Lots of people hating rn and claiming they won’t watch, but if the games are great and Canada and US are in the final, every one of those people will be tuning in.

Kind of like all the people who were too cool for the SC final last year and claimed they’d be watching the Toronto Blue jays or mowing their lawn instead