Erixon till Sochi!
Said yesterday on Finnish tv, the Finnish and Russian tournaments will continue for the next three years while the Swedish and Czech ones will end after this season.
great Leo Komarov just took out Detroit prospect janmark...
According to the Swedish team's official twitter, Leo Komarov went to the Swedish locker room to apologize for his hit after the game.
I did lose some respect for Komarov. I thought he has become dirtier, before he hit hard, all the time, but clean. But this proves it must have been accident - you don't go to other teams locker room after thing like that unless it really wasn't intentional.
I like Komarov's little tricks as they are, there's definitely no reason to make them any more pena-like.They are not things that would cause injuries, but it could be asked if they should still be penalized.
They should have actually kept the last leg in the EHT, as the warm up for WHC, and rotate it between the countries.
I think the fact that some domestic leagues are running rather close to the Worlds(players from finalists might not make it to the tournament), mean that it's better to have them in the Fall/before Christmas. Also makes sense in Olympic Years.