I think that those of you who are complaining about the extra coverage need to remember a few things:
1. Outside of Canada, most of the rest of the world doesn't give a hoot about this tournament. In Canada, it's absolutely huge. If you don't believe this, why do you think it's going to be played here so frequently? We come out in droves to see all the games, selling out all that Canada is involved in and have huge numbers for the rest. When it's held elsewhere, there are always a lot of Canadians in the crowd...and a lot of empty seats.
2. It's a Canadian network. They get record numbers because people want to see and hear about Canada. So what if they were talking about Canada during the U.S.-Russia game? There was only one hour between the end of Canada's game and the start of that game and everyone in Canada was still buzzing about it. Don't ya think we'd want to hear more about it?
3. So many Americans are complaining because they are CHL fans but aren't getting any coverage. If I was American, I would hope for any scrap of info I'd get. I don't know what the coverage is like for the rest of the world but I'm guessing there aren't many games shown live overseas, using their own networks. Based on the lack of popularity of the tourney, I'm guessing TSN/RDS are the only ones covering it. If your countries cared as much about this tourney as we do, you'd have your own network with your own supposed biases, and you wouldn't be complaining about TSN!
4. As for the biases, I don't think these guys love the Canadian team as much as some say they do. Pouliot has been talked about badly by pretty much every analyst. Same with Latendresse. They love Staal, Parent, Downie and Sutter and there's good reason for it, all of these guys are doing exactly what we expected them to, and then some. So many people questioned Downie's inclusion with the team, but he, along with Pogge, has been the MVP. He doesn't have the pure talent of some of the others, but he leaves everything on the ice. Sutter has gone from coaching a team of stars to a very young team, and has done amazing things with this group. Staal and Parent have been excellent throughout, barely making a mistake. These two are part of the reason Pogge has looked so good, they aren't giving the other teams the opportunity to get a lot of shots. So basically, the players who have done good things are praised, the ones who haven't lived up to expectations aren't. Last night they repeatedly came down on the guys taking faceoffs because Finland was winning them.
End of rant!
