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World Cup

hockeylover said:
Yeah... you can keep this whole thing going where you insinuate I'm selfish and only care about myself but you're just making yourself look like the twat in this thread.
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I'm happy for you.

I don't what your plan is for growing the game of hockey, allowing fans from smaller nations watch their teams compete with their best players, or how having less players from smaller nations is a good thing, but ya, I'm happy for you.
 
Habitants87 said:
Yup, I hope you enjoy it.

Global hockey fans, growing the game? Bah, who cares, am I right?
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I don't think the league is isolating itself from smaller countries. It's pretty obvious that hockey isn't going to grow much more in certain markets -- the support, funding, and interest just isn't there. The conceptualization of Team Europe is supposed to manage that gap. Hockey is never going to be a global sport.
 
zeke said:
i am glad latvian kids get to cheer for a competitive team for once.
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I bet you ask any Latvian what they enjoyed more, a nail bitter lost to Canada or Team Europe winning versus the USA and I know they answer the nail bitting loss.
 
hockeeyyy said:
I don't think the league is isolating itself from smaller countries. It's pretty obvious that hockey isn't going to grow much more in certain markets -- the support, funding, and interest just isn't there. The conceptualization of Team Europe is supposed to manage that gap. Hockey is never going to be a global sport.
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So why try...great approach. I like it. Hockey is never going to be huge in Switzerland... they no longer get a team. Brilliant.
 
zeke said:
ask them whether they like having no chance and getting their asses handed to them better.
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I've been to Latvia. I'm either heading back there or Africa in the near future.

They are fiercely nationalistic and they are incredibly proud. They would rather lose as country with their country mates than win together with some Slovenian German, Slovakians players. Hell, they don't even like Slovakians.
 
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Maybe Latvians don't care about Team Europe now. But Team Europe is actually pretty good. They are probably capable of winning one of these things. I'm sure Latvian's winning the World Cup as part of team Europe would drum up some interest.

Its better when your team is good.
 
leafman101 said:
Maybe Latvians don't care about Team Europe now. But Team Europe is actually pretty good. They are probably capable of winning one of these things. I'm sure Latvian's winning the World Cup as part of team Europe would drum up some interest.

Its better when your team is good.
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Honest question.

If team Canada-USA won the world cup of soccer versus Germany or Brazil or Portugal with 2 Canadians on the team, would you be pumped?
 
leafman101 said:
Way more pumped than I am about the World Cup now, thats for sure.
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OK, two scenarios.

Team North America wins the world cup of soccer.

Team Canada qualifies and doesn't advance but plays a team like Germany or Argentina to a 1-2 loss and is generally competitive.

Which one has you more pumped?

Because I don't know about you but **** America.
 
Honestly, I'd be pumped for both. It would be pretty awesome if Team North America represented Canada and won the world cup. That would be crazy.

In fairness soccer's World Cup means something different than hockey's World Cup. But who knows, if you keep doing it one day maybe all these countries are in it and hockey's World Cup means something too.
 
leafman101 said:
Honestly, I'd be pumped for both. It would be pretty awesome if Team North America represented Canada and won the world cup. That would be crazy.

In fairness soccer's World Cup means something different than hockey's World Cup. But who knows, if you keep doing it one day maybe all these countries are in it and hockey's World Cup means something too.
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Maybe.

I put more money on these countries playing less and less attention to hockey if their best players cannot ever compete for their country.
 
Habitants87 said:
Maybe.

I put more money on these countries playing less and less attention to hockey if their best players cannot ever compete for their country.
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So in your soccer comparison, you think if Team North America won the World Cup people in Canada would pay less attention than they do now? Interesting theory...
 
The thing is most European countries don't really like each other all that much (look up wars and other history) so lumping a bunch of them together is sort of lazy and xenophobic on our part.

North America is very different.
 
hockeylover said:
So in your soccer comparison, you think if Team North America won the World Cup people in Canada would pay less attention than they do now? Interesting theory...
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No.

I gave two comparisons, and the status quo wasn't part of it.

I think more people would be interested in team Canada qualifying and not winning than a team North America.

Understand?
 
CH1 said:
The thing is most European countries don't really like each other all that much (look up wars and other history) so lumping a bunch of them together is sort of lazy and xenophobic on our part.
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It's just north America centric. Selfish by the NHL. But Canadians will watch anything hockey I guess so the NHL can't lose.
 
I lived in Finland for a bit. Both Sweden and Russia are seen as bitter rivals, not part of some alternative collective vis a vis North America.
 
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