The 2021 World Juniors Begin on December 25th

[kaiser matias]

Expanding the World Juniors by 2 teams would mean 10 extra games. That's a LOT of extra games to fit in - assuming you want New Years Eve to be the BIG night of the Round Robin.

Maybe it's NOT doable.

It's not doable because the talent disparity is too much. Even as it is now there are some major lopsided games. If you were to expand it to 12 teams, the extra 2 this year would be Kazakhstan and Latvia, which does not really improve the overall tournament, and does not sell extra tickets, even in Canada.

 

[ORRFForever]

It's not doable because the talent disparity is too much. Even as it is now there are some major lopsided games. If you were to expand it to 12 teams, the extra 2 this year would be Kazakhstan and Latvia, which does not really improve the overall tournament, and does not sell extra tickets, even in Canada.

That's true. It's too bad there is no way to expand the tournament with entertaining games.