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Would it have been a better option to drop team Europe put 2-3 countries together?

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jason2020 said:
Keep in mind at first it was expected the cup was going to be 6 teams its not like European teams were dropped.
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Was it? Source or I don't believe.

The the two previous editions were with 8 teams.

And since NHL even gave lack of time to arrange a qualification tournament as a reason (in reality nothing but an excuse) why these two gimmicks "HAD" to be included.
 
wirelessflyingcord said:
Was it? Source or I don't believe.

The the two previous editions were with 8 teams.

And since NHL even gave lack of time to arrange a qualification tournament as a reason (in reality nothing but an excuse) why these two gimmicks "HAD" to be included.
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I'd much rather watch a U23 team and a cumulative European team than some trash Euro teams just to make it "national"

Who give a **** if it's a national, I want to see good competition. I haven't been disappointed through these friendlies. A lesser product is a lesser product, it doesn't diminish the outcome of the winner in my mind. This is the best of the best on best. Bringing in ****** teams doesn't justify the tournament.

The Euro team is better than any **** team you could add to the tourney - and they're the worst team.
 
Team Europe could be stacked but they'd still have no chance. The players have nothing to play for. If they win, their homecountries won't even care. They will bring the kind of effort they would in NHL preseason, maybe less.
Team NA at least has the youngsters thing going for them, a lot of kids trying to prove themselves and really eager to gear up for the season.

But if either of these teams win the whole thing, can you imagine how strange it would be? It'd essentially be a 'lost' tournament in the history books. I'm rooting for Team NA in part for this reason, it would likely make it the last time we see these fantasy draft teams.
 
No, I don't really like that option any better. What do you name the team? Team Sweden + 1?

And I'm not sure I'd say Czech and Slovenes are all that similar. I'm not an expert by any stretch, but I was in Prague about 4 weeks ago and Ljubljana (Slovenia) 3 weeks ago.
 
Pavels Dog said:
Team Europe could be stacked but they'd still have no chance. The players have nothing to play for. If they win, their homecountries won't even care. They will bring the kind of effort they would in NHL preseason, maybe less.
Team NA at least has the youngsters thing going for them, a lot of kids trying to prove themselves and really eager to gear up for the season.

But if either of these teams win the whole thing, can you imagine how strange it would be? It'd essentially be a 'lost' tournament in the history books. I'm rooting for Team NA in part for this reason, it would likely make it the last time we see these fantasy draft teams.
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lots of people seem to be cheering for team north America.

I really don't think the nhl would be too upset if they won.and really they wouldn't bring back the winning team the next time around?

Talked about this before but people thought a czech vs Europe final would be the worst result for the nhl
 
Ezekial said:
I'd much rather watch a U23 team and a cumulative European team than some trash Euro teams just to make it "national"

Who give a **** if it's a national, I want to see good competition. I haven't been disappointed through these friendlies. A lesser product is a lesser product, it doesn't diminish the outcome of the winner in my mind. This is the best of the best on best. Bringing in ****** teams doesn't justify the tournament.

The Euro team is better than any **** team you could add to the tourney - and they're the worst team.
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If quality of competition is the argument then the tournament could be played with 6 teams. Your argument becomes yet another excuse.

It is funny how some of you keep playing this purely on paper and only staring at the roster when motivation, team play and spirit in the locker are so important in a short tournament like this. And national pride relates to all these things, something this lefover team CAN'T have. I expect that to be very visible in rest of the Team Europe games too.

And Canada couldn't pick McDavid and USA couldn't pick Eichel, but do tell me more about the absolutely best on absolutely best aspect.
 
Seanaconda said:
lots of people seem to be cheering for team north America.

I really don't think the nhl would be too upset if they won.and really they wouldn't bring back the winning team the next time around?

Talked about this before but people thought a czech vs Europe final would be the worst result for the nhl
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It's a fun team to watch and cheer for but that doesn't mean it would be fun if they won. Are Canadians and Americans cheering harder for Team NA than their own country? Czechs vs EU would be worst final but Team NA would also create mixed feelings for a lot of fans.
 
Torque said:
Maybe it should have been Team EMEA instead, adding talent from China, Japan, Saudi Arabia... (They play hockey in Australia?)
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Your geography is a little off...

Europe, Middle East, Africa = EMEA

To get China, Japan, etc, you'd need to have an APAC team (Asia-PACific)
 
ZachaAttackas said:
Your geography is a little off...

Europe, Middle East, Africa = EMEA

To get China, Japan, etc, you'd need to have an APAC team (Asia-PACific)
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You're right, that was a complete brainfart on my part. I was looking at the nearby regions, then remembered China's new KHL team, and got carried away with that.
:dunce:
 
wirelessflyingcord said:
If quality of competition is the argument then the tournament could be played with 6 teams. Your argument becomes yet another excuse.

It is funny how some of you keep playing this purely on paper and only staring at the roster when motivation, team play and spirit in the locker are so important in a short tournament like this. And national pride relates to all these things, something this lefover team CAN'T have. I expect that to be very visible in rest of the Team Europe games too.

And Canada couldn't pick McDavid and USA couldn't pick Eichel, but do tell me more about the absolutely best on absolutely best aspect.
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It's pretty clear that supporters of the format mainly want an all star exhibition as opposed to an international tournament. That's all well and good I guess, but as you say the attempts to claim that it is something else are pretty weak.
 
JackSlater said:
It's pretty clear that supporters of the format mainly want an all star exhibition as opposed to an international tournament. That's all well and good I guess, but as you say the attempts to claim that it is something else are pretty weak.
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Yeah, I'm guessing the same people would support an idea of shrinking the NHL from 31 teams down to 8. Then it would always be best on best.
 
meldelaget said:
Team Europe is extremely weak, nothing else to say really...
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They are much stronger than many teams that have put up a fight with Canada and the U.S. before. On paper that is.

But this is reality. A motivated weak team is gonna be better than an unmotivated average team. Your idea is to create more unmotivated teams, making everything even worse.
 
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