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

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I had little interest in it before the games, but now I'm all in. The level of play has been incredible and has justified viewership, but as an American hearing the anthem get booed (regardless of politics) gave it some real stakes and a reason to care about beating the other countries rather than treating this like an exhibition between friends, particularly with how the US responded by playing so heavy. Really looking forward to if the US audience cares enough to boo Canada. It's been a while since we had some national pride involved in the sport and its great to see it return.
 
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It's basically a Canada-USA showcase disguised as a tournament. There's very little at stake if you don't have an allegiance to either team. That's why I'm indifferent.
 
Was excited before, proven right (as always).

I wish teams played 2 games though, an extra week isn't doing anything but making for more potential chaos/fun, especially with how long it has been without best on best.
 
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catnip said:
It's basically a Canada-USA showcase disguised as a tournament. There's very little at stake if you don't have an allegiance to either team. That's why I'm indifferent.
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That's the problem with a country of 6 Million. They aren't going to have depth.
Even Sweden has some depth issues up front but have more depth than Finland.
 
Jakey53 said:
Why not have a Canada-USA tournament, like the 1972 Summit series. 8 games. One time tournament. Other years, give the players a break, no all star game, nothing.
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8 games at that intensity? No chance in hell. You would have to roster two equal teams for both countries and play it out 4 games each. Still would be great hockey.
 
alphafox said:
I had little interest in it before the games, but now I'm all in. The level of play has been incredible and has justified viewership, but as an American hearing the anthem get booed (regardless of politics) gave it some real stakes and a reason to care about beating the other countries rather than treating this like an exhibition between friends, particularly with how the US responded by playing so heavy. Really looking forward to if the US audience cares enough to boo Canada. It's been a while since we had some national pride involved in the sport and its great to see it return.
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Yeah, this is super interesting context for it. I'd probably boo my own anthem if I was there, but if it inspires hatred and fire to play awesome hockey, f*** it, I'm bleeding red white and blue
 
RANDOMH3RO said:
I don’t understand the weirdly negative attitudes. To me this is the best possible gimmick to fit into a mid season break. Certainly better than the all star game. I remember people being negative about the World Cup a decade ago and that ended up being pretty fun too. This could be the best version of Canada vs USA we’ve seen in quite awhile.
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I think the issue is there shouldn't be a 2 week mid season break which really isn't mid season anyway

Do this nonsense on your own time. Or as someone astutely posted, not at all
 
Mike C said:
I think the issue is there shouldn't be a 2 week mid season break which really isn't mid season anyway

Do this nonsense on your own time. Or as someone astutely posted, not at all
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This is the absolute best time to do it. For the casual sports fan that really only cares about football and big events, this dead period between the Super Bowl and March Madness is ripe for the picking.
 
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IU Hawks fan said:
This is the absolute best time to do it. For the casual sports fan that really only cares about football and big events, this dead period between the Super Bowl and March Madness is ripe for the picking.
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In a hockey-only context, mid-January is probably a better time for this, but you make a strong argument for the timing. It's not just casual sports fans either. At least... a lot of diehard American hockey fans are also football fans.
 
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Curufinwe said:
It would be weird for the crowd in Boston to boo the Canadian anthem since Canada isn't attempting to annex the US. If anything, they should be cheering the Canadian anthem to the rooftops to make clear they don't support the shameful treatment of America's northern neighbour.
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The only thing that will unite Americans is when someone else tells us how to behave. I'd give it 50/50 that the American crowd Boos Canada in response once in Boston it'd be higher most other places. Regardless, Every compelling story needs a villain, Canada has chosen theirs. Hockey is at its best when there are hero's and villains, now we just need the Russian and Euro team and we can actually get legit heat going between the teams that can make this a tournament people care about for years.
 
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matsqq said:
One thing I actually like about this is that ALL games mean something.

Not a long tournament where the first games hardly matters at all.

The down side of that of course is that one fluke game and you can be out.

But you won't have to see Canda beat Germany by 6 goals and the disappointment of your team playing so much to win the group and then fail immediately in the qualifiers because they were unlucky enough to have to meet Canada because of the tournament setup.
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The group stage in the Olympics is literally only three games. They matter.

Meanwhile:

2014 Olympics:
Canada - Norway 3-1
Canada - Latvia 2-1 (quarter finals)

2010 Olympics:
Canda - Switzerland 3-2 (SO)

2006 Olympics:
Canada - Switzerland 0-2

2002 Olympics:
Canada - Germany 3-2

Since NHL'ers started participate in 1998, Canada has only had about three blowout wins against countries outside of the big 6, or what used to be the big 7.
 
alphafox said:
The only thing that will unite Americans is when someone else tells us how to behave. I'd give it 50/50 that the American crowd Boos Canada in response once in Boston it'd be higher most other places. Regardless, Every compelling story needs a villain, Canada has chosen theirs. Hockey is at its best when there are hero's and villains, now we just need the Russian and Euro team and we can actually get legit heat going between the teams that can make this a tournament people care about for years.
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Ahhh behave

 
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I can't believe they put season on pause for a 4-team tournament. I could not care less about any of the games, even if they aired prime time in Europe, let alone now that they air in the middle of the night.
 
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