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McAvoy is a big loss. USA needs to match their last defensive performance to have a chance and Hellebuyck needs to be the best player on the ice.
 
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Free Manera said:
How big of a deal is losing McAvoy?
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With the roster they have, not a terrible loss if he can't go. He's a damn good player for sure, and probably would be extra amped up since he's a Bruin and they're playing in his home barn. Losing him with either or bothTkachuk boys is a concern
 
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Quinn Hughes has been added to the roster but can’t play unless another defenseman is out due to injury or illness.
 
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Chaps my ass a little when I see Crosby on the enemy team. Mario and Sydney made me an NHL fan for life.
 
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NorthDakota said:
More international hockey please. Great for the game. Gets casuals like me into it
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This Is the inaugural year. We need this one as the first ever 4 Nation battle.
Hockey's great. Back in my early days we beat Russia and It was the best thing to ever happen for hockey and our beautiful country.

If the NBA did this, Lebron would be out with a broken finger nail already, and Serbia would run us over.
 
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Gladiator said:
This Is the inaugural year. We need this one as the first ever 4 Nation battle.
Hockey's great. Back in my early days we beat Russia and It was the best thing to ever happen for hockey and our beautiful country.

If the NBA did this, Lebron would be out with a broken finger nail already, and Serbia would run us over.
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Hockey and Soccer are the only main sports that take international play serious
 
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Basketball is a serious international sport and the Olympic final was fantastic. The gap is just so large between the US and most countries it makes it less interesting. Hockey and soccer the gap isn’t there, making it more entertaining. You truly have something to win or lose.

Baseball could also do well with better organization.
 
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Gladiator said:
This Is the inaugural year. We need this one as the first ever 4 Nation battle.
Hockey's great. Back in my early days we beat Russia and It was the best thing to ever happen for hockey and our beautiful country.

If the NBA did this, Lebron would be out with a broken finger nail already, and Serbia would run us over.
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Me and friends were throwing around ideas.

Russia needs to play as well.

They could make an "assorted" Europe team (would be mostly Czech probs)

Could let Quebec have a team (let the player choose if he wants to play for Canada or Quebec)

Could let the NCAA put in an all-star team (doubt their coaches would like that though)
 
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NorthDakota said:
Me and friends were throwing around ideas.

Russia needs to play as well.

They could make an "assorted" Europe team (would be mostly Czech probs)

Could let Quebec have a team (let the player choose if he wants to play for Canada or Quebec)

Could let the NCAA put in an all-star team (doubt their coaches would like that though)
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They did this essentially in 2016. It was USA, Canada, Finland, Sweden but also Russia, Czech Republic, Rest of Europe and 23 and under North America.
 
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NorthDakota said:
Me and friends were throwing around ideas.

Russia needs to play as well.

They could make an "assorted" Europe team (would be mostly Czech probs)

Could let Quebec have a team (let the player choose if he wants to play for Canada or Quebec)

Could let the NCAA put in an all-star team (doubt their coaches would like that though)
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Quebec had 1 player on the team this year lol.
 
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Right now 2026 (Olympics) and 2028 (World Cup of Hockey) are official and will be individual countries. 2030 is tentatively expected.

Question is Russia for both and then how many countries in the World Cup. I would expect USA, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Czechia and that is where the questions start because they indicated 8 teams. Whoever shows best in 2026 between Slovakia, Germany etc will probably end up included in 2028. Or who has the most marketable players by that time.
 
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Dale said:
Right now 2026 (Olympics) and 2028 (World Cup of Hockey) are official and will be individual countries. 2030 is tentatively expected.

Question is Russia for both and then how many countries in the World Cup. I would expect USA, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Czechia and that is where the questions start because they indicated 8 teams. Whoever shows best in 2026 between Slovakia, Germany etc will probably end up included in 2028. Or who has the most marketable players by that time.
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Well they need Russia.

Czechs don't have enough NHL guys to field a team right now. But if you made it a Euro team you could make it work easy.
 
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FU BK said:
Pretty sad for Canadian hockey when Jordan Binnington is your best option in goal. Dude played lights out the year he was called up and the blues won the cup...but has been Charmin soft ever since
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Jinx.

As a Blues fan, it was unsurprising to watch him foil us tonight. This is who he is. It’s also not true he’s been soft since the Cup win. In the 2021 playoffs he had a 95% SV % and 1.7 GAA before being injured by the Avs, the eventual Cup champions. While all of Canada whined, no player or coach ever doubted why Cooper went with Binnington for this.
 
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NorthDakota said:
Just brainstorming ideas to get it to 8 teams or something. All it takes is a hot goalie standing on his dead as Canada showed in OT tonight lol.
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lol Quebec would get dumpstered, like not a competitive roster, which I wouldn't mind at all. You'd have a much better Team Minnesota than Team Quebec.

8 teams made up of only NHL players can not be made up of countries other than CA/US/SWE/RUS/FIN. Czechia only has 22 players currently.

Would have to do something like the 2016 tourney. U23 Team NA would be awesome.
 
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Dale said:
Jinx.

As a Blues fan, it was unsurprising to watch him foil us tonight. This is who he is. It’s also not true he’s been soft since the Cup win. In the 2021 playoffs he had a 95% SV % and 1.7 GAA before being injured by the Avs, the eventual Cup champions. While all of Canada whined, no player or coach ever doubted why Cooper went with Binnington for this.
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Binnington should not have been the pick, Blackwood/Thompson would have been much better picks. Binnington's high danger sv% is lower, and his goals saved above expected is also lower. Binnington has the flashy name so of course Hockey Canada went with him.

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