Would "Team German" be good enough to compete for a cup?

[My3Sons]

Combining German speaking countries always makes me uncomfortable

I'm sure the Swiss players would be less than thrilled to be loaned to another country.

 

[K1900L]

I'm sure the Swiss players would be less than thrilled to be loaned to another country.

I don't think they would need to, because "Team German" doesn't imply "Team Germany", but rather a team built around a shared culture or language. German players wouldn't be more privileged than Swiss-German players in this hypothetical team.

 

[swissdude]

I don't know if the fans would be really enthusiastic. Switerzerland and Germany are archrivals. Imagine how would a Team Alberta with players from the Flames and Oliers be received?

 

[My3Sons]

I don't think they would need to, because "Team German" doesn't imply "Team Germany", but rather a team built around a shared culture or language. German players wouldn't be more privileged than Swiss-German players in this hypothetical team.

See the post below yours . It’s a bit of an odd theme to build a team around. But as a thought exercise there have been people trying to answer the question

 

[Bob and 200 others]

Fyi, German is not the main language in Switzerland.

 

[sbhnur]

Don't think the swiss players want to play in a national team called Team Germany. Maybe "The German-Speaking Team"?

It's not like any Swiss feels somehow near being a German.

Btw if any name works, it's "The Deutschland Danglers"!

 

[Shark Finn]

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Well that explains the co-operation with NHL players. I'm a watch enthusiast but never paid too much attention to Norqain.

 

[Hint1k]

Just pretend they play in Vegas or Tampa.

Well, what the topic starter could do is to:
1) Assume the team is based in Tampa.
2) Find out how much for example Kucherov would get in every other state / province.
3) Compare the results with his current contract.
4) Apply the found differences to all the team contracts.
5) It would get the new salaries for the players as if all their contracts were signed in Tampa.

It may actually be a cap complaint team.

 

[swissdude]

Fyi, German is not the main language in Switzerland.

Well, that's a matter of opinion, of course Swiss German is a mixture of Alemannic dialects which over 90% of Germans don't understand, but it is probably categorised as German and the most widely spoken languages in Switzerland. But that doesn't make the idea of the team any better lol

 

[Zenos]

Fyi, German is not the main language in Switzerland.

It‘s the most commonly spoken of the 4 official languages and spoken by the majority of residents (over 60% of Swiss are native speakers / speak it at home).

Unless you‘re suggesting that Schwizerdütsch isn’t really German?
One could certainly make the argument, but I’d say there‘s definitely a few asterisks and explanations necessary.

 

[Albatros]

The local dialects are what they are everywhere, but written language has only marginal differences. Although it's always exotic hearing the Swiss call their national hockey (or soccer) teams Nazi.

 

[MMANumminen]

Looks like a decent team. The best on best tournament would be so much more interesting if Germany, Russia, Czech and Switzerland would be in. Maybe one day in Olympics....