Aaron Vickers
FCHockey
Via his twitter:
Thoughts? It would make for some great hockey.
Very simple format change for WJC would make for a more competitive tournament and fewer blowouts. Here's how it would work:
Top 5 seeds play single round robin against each other to determine 1-5 placement. Bottom 5 seeds do same. Promote one team from bottom 5.
1 and 2 get byes into semis. 3 vs. 6 and 4 vs. 5 in QFs. 7 thru 10 play in relegation. Games would be closer and more competitive.
So what's the problem. It would be difficult to sell tickets in the 6-10 tier. That's the only shortcoming. Hockeywise, its great.
Thoughts? It would make for some great hockey.