Will you be OK if fans of the winning country at the 4 Nations refer to their country as the "world champs"?

[Paxton Fettel]

But Russia doesn't ever win at these things anyways.

To answer the OP: I'll be traumatized. How dare anyone use the words World Champion? That's so offensive on so many levels to real world champions. I mean...these are words, and words hurt precisely how much I allow them to hurt, and if someone dares to call one of these teams World Champs I will be in a world of pain.

Neither do the Americans and the rest of the field seldom win either

 

[MikeFolignosHelmet]

I view this as a NHL event, not a national team event.

 

[Phil Kessels Hot Dog]

All four of these teams would smash any team in the World Championship. So can the world champions really call themselves world champions?

 

[Neil Racki]

No

 

[tarheelhockey]

one could argue that the winning roster is stronger than the 2024 IIHF World Champions from Czechia.

That’s a bit of an understatement.

Czechia’s top scorers in that tournament were Roman Cervenka, Lukas Sedlak, and Dominik Kubalik. There’s a reason they’re not in a tournament of top-tier teams.

A better question is, can they call themselves "best team in the World"?

These are the best 4 rosters that have been assembled in over a decade, so they would be justified in using that title.

 

[qc14]

If the US wins, they're World Champs and this trophy is validation of a changing of the guard and signifies the dominance of the best generation of American players ever

If Canada wins, it's a mickey mouse trophy made up by Bettman to make Crosby feel better after having to deal with the Pens sucking so much

 

[Blanka]

Nope.