Beerfish
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- Apr 14, 2007
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Because it's fun to watch and the teams should all be relatively close in skill.
Hockey will never be the World Cup. Ever. So the sooner we get off of this idea that it has to be some wonderful international competiton the better in my mind.
It'll be great entertainment, with (hopefully) exciting and high end hockey, and I don't see Latvia there to lose every game to enjoy it.
Fine, you just said it. "So the sooner we get off of this idea that it has to be some wonderful international competiton the better in my mind."
Throw all the hockeys sticks in the middle and pick even teams. There ya go. We are going to have national teams, but hmmm we need two filler teams because we want 8 teams. Totally defeats the purpose if you ask me. Where do David and goliath stories come from?