Not that anything is being organized by any means, but any other fans like me just not going to watch because of the stupid North America/Europe idea?
Not that anything is being organized by any means, but any other fans like me just not going to watch because of the stupid North America/Europe idea?
Not that anything is being organized by any means, but any other fans like me just not going to watch because of the stupid North America/Europe idea?
I'll probably stream a game or two if I'm bored but I won't watch on espn so as not to contribute to tv ratings. ESPN isn't necessarily on my good side either so...and I'm not a merchandise buying guy to begin with, if someone drops the team NA jersey, well, correction if someone drops one of the good jerseys I might take it home and wash it? Then goodwill of course help a good cause.Not that anything is being organized by any means, but any other fans like me just not going to watch because of the stupid North America/Europe idea?
Pretty much this. I'm curious about the composition of the Finnish team, going to treat it as a 2016 "fantasy" roster, but not gonna watch a second of the actual event.I'm not going to watch. I'm not going to support something so blatantly flawed, and it would be quite disingenuous to support it even passively after so many complaints. The only factor that holds interest is seeing who is selected to the Canadian team.
Not that anything is being organized by any means, but any other fans like me just not going to watch because of the stupid North America/Europe idea?
here in Europe we do not need to boycott it--we are just not paying attention to it
Yea, why would I want to watch the best players in the world play hockey vs each other with medals on the line? Why would any hockey fan want to do that?
You guys are nuts, this tournament is going to be amazing. Looking forward to watching the WC grow and grow over the years until it replaces the Olympics in importance in regards to hockey...similar to what has happened in soccer.
I definitely will not be watching. Supporting this tournament in any way is a slight contribution to the destruction of international hockey.
Yea, why would I want to watch the best players in the world play hockey vs each other with medals on the line? Why would any hockey fan want to do that?
You guys are nuts, this tournament is going to be amazing. Looking forward to watching the WC grow and grow over the years until it replaces the Olympics in importance in regards to hockey...similar to what has happened in soccer.
Not that anything is being organized by any means, but any other fans like me just not going to watch because of the stupid North America/Europe idea?
Even if you went you could plan around buying concessions or merchandise. Wear an old team Canada jersey, eat at a restaurant before or after so you won't need to buy concessions, get beer at the restaurant, don't buy overpriced gift shop items, have a nice time and only pay for the ticket, it's economic too.I'm debating this right now. I will be in Toronto for the first week of the tournament. Already thinking about the Canada vs Czech game.
Don't like the setup of the tournament and I hate the idea of giving my money to the NHL. However, when am I going to have the opportunity to see Team Canada again?
Seems unlikely. I agree that the World Cup does have potential to surpass the Olympic tournament, it will never happen with gimmick teams involved. Additionally, rightly or wrongly I doubt that European fans in large numbers will regard the tournament highly unless it is put on by the IIHF. From posts on here it seems that they really do care about what organizing body is behind a tournament.
I'm certainly not going to make any effort to purposely avoid it, but I doubt I will make much effort to really follow it either.
Sometimes on a lazy weekend morning while the IIHF WC is running I will watch a game. While watching I really don't care who wins and I usually find myself thinking it's too bad hockey doesn't have a real World Championship/Cup. I imagine I will feel the same way while watching a WCup game.
IMHO it's hard to blame European fans for feeling that way given how the NHL (and PA) have managed the WCup up to this point. I could be wrong, but I think most European fans would get over who actually runs the tournament if the NHL could prove they are capable of running a WCup that actually resembles a WCup.
-Hold it at regular intervals
-Some type of qualifying system and probably expand the field a bit
-Entire tournament and/or later stages not always held in the same country
-Perhaps earmark some of the revenue/profit back for the national feds to use for player/infrastructure development.
It's too bad... Right now we have the WC that has the structure but not (all) the players and the WCup that has the players but not the structure, and what we are stuck with is a bunch of flawed tournaments.