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You've got World Cup way too high. It's not a fair tournament with pretty much everything geared towards helping the home team.
The name World Cup is a joke. To be worthy of such a name, the competition should be arranged in a rotating fashion, each time in a different country. I dont' see that happening though and, therefore, the thing should be named Canada Cup as it used to be.
I've got to disagree with this.The games were played on the ice surface all the players play with and used refs all the players play under.You can make a case that the tornament should be rotated and i would agree with this as to make it a true world cup everyone can enjoy in their back-yard the tournament should be moved around.
But the game being played is the same alll players play on a nightly basis year in and year out in the nhl under the same rules and refs,if they did'nt you would have a better point in saying the world cup is a joke.Let's face it,it's 5 times the tournament the World championships are but i don't see Euro fans calling that tournament a joke.If the world cup was such a joke and Euro teams are at such a disadvantage then why was Finland in the final game and with a bounce here or there could have won the whole thing?.If Finland had won i don't think you would be here calling it a joke Boucciat.
I just think it's something fans from Europe can use to soothe their feelings when they don't come out on top.Have them come out on the better side of a close 3-2 game and it's a wonderful tournament that has ten times more legitimacy then the world championships (and olympics in a year a North American team wins)
I don't buy the joke thing.
But i also don't think any European fans are going to change their stance on this.................until they win it.Once that happens there will be a drastic reversal on fans opinions from there concerning it.
I'll be watching for the official change in attitude (a European team will definately win it in the coming years)