IIHF championship. Who's watching?

[just a punk]

Just asking.

[Fat Panda]

im watching nhl

[CDSmith]

I am. I realize some say this tournament is meaningless and that all the best players are in the playoffs, but that's just pure nonsense. There are actually plenty of top players whose teams didn't make the playoffs who were available to choose from for worlds. Anyone who says Stamkos, Ladd, the Staal brothers, Skinner, Eberle, Hall etc aren't marquis players who couldn't very well be playing in the Stanley Cup finals in the next few years is just fooling themselves.

That said, it was pretty surprising to hear about Sweden losing their opener to Switzerland, the US taking a two goal deficit in the first 3 minutes of their game against Austria (which they came back later to win 5-3). It's a pretty good tournament so far with several upsets and twists going on. Many of the usual "lesser" teams are showing better than ever before which is great to see.

The presence of the KHL and Swedish Elite League is obviously making a difference, as this tournament has become tougher to win than ever. And it's an influence that will in all likelihood make the Olympics tougher as well.

You bet I'm watching.

[Axel_Crak]

I missed canada suisse game, but ive watch against denmark, wasnt an easy one..

Main focus still on nhl playoff, but still interesting to watch a team with giroux , stamkos, dushene .. Etc !

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by CDSmith

I am. I realize some say this tournament is meaningless and that all the best players are in the playoffs, but that's just pure nonsense.

Yeah, you are right. The Ice Hockey World Championship can not be meaningless. All those NHL playoffs are interesting to North America only which is not the whole World. Other countries have their own hockey leagues (e.g. KHL). But all those leagues have local status unlike the IIHF Championship.

[just a punk]

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