I'm not sure Sweden and Finland will care more than Canada and the US. I've got the sense that these NHL manufactured international competitions feel more pointless to people who grew up with real ones.

Finland and Sweden have a long and contentious rivalry and I can guarantee that people in those two countries will be hyped for that game. US v Canada should be good too. I'm not sure why people are down on this tournament.

They'll be up for any game between themselves sure, and the NHL to their credit had the good sense to put it on at a good hour for Europeans, but that's more down to their rivalry than dying to win the famous 4 nations faceoff. Not saying they'll be dogging it out there obviously.

Fwiw the Athletic had an article polling like 100 players involved in the tournament or of the general playing population. Only one guy on a roster said he'd rather be at the beach. Generally it's about what you'd expect, with 100/~90/~85/~80 percent of all finns/canadians/swedes/yanks polled saying they'll care, and the rest at about 30%. A bunch of guys saying they care because they want to audition for the Olympics though.

I'm down on the tournament because it's a two week break in the season for a meh competition and because any success for NHL run tournaments hurts the chance of legitimate, open international competition. I guess there's a chance that ship has sailed already and this is the best it's gonna get. Will still probably check out a couple of games though.

canada/sweden tonight
oh gods, guess i gotta watch us play petey

usa/finland tomorrow


In February 2024, the IIHF announced an agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to allow its players to participate in the Olympic men's hockey tournament for the first time since 2014.

olympic hockey in 2026, no?
thought i heard that somewhere, seems to be correct

binnington!? do we not have a better goalie? hilarious


petey hattrick incoming
he always lights him up

hmm yeah
sid, mcbust, nate, makar and reinhart is a decent powerplay unit

got petey most swedish goals +1600 one time

petey vs blues: 16gp, 6g, 16a, 22pts, +12

edit: not sure if that includes 6gp, 3g, 9pts in the playoffs or no
think not


oops, more of a playmaker

glgl tho

Lol at anyone who says they love hockey and aren’t gonna watch Crosby/McDavid/MacKinnon/Makar on the same PP when the games mean a lot to them

the word literally gets thrown around a lot, but jordan binnington is literally a pile of dogshit


no clue who a.hill is, but put him in already

Opening goal was fire

Logan Thompson and Blackwood should be the goalies, but dumb tourney made rosters due in early December.

100% this. Of course a short tourney like this isn't perfect, especially with no prep games, but man, so entertaining.

I wish the NHL would go to 10 minute øtimeovertimes in the regular season

With the same 3/2/1/0 point scoring

I would love to see a rule that you can't back out of the offensive zone voluntarily . If so delay of game. Wouldn't even need an extra 5 minutes of 3v3 then.

I think the proposed rule is like over and back in nba. Once you cross the blue line, you can leave the zone, but you can't cross back over centre ice.

Something called the All-Star game,lol. 1st game had some interesting things come out of it.

Also, I am for 10 minute overtime.

Crazy that line 3 for Canada has more regular season goals than any other line on the team.

That team just needs A- goaltending

Ok my Oilers missing the playoffs prediction no good so here is my next crazy one . Oilers Trade Mcdavid to the Leafs for Marner and a D man and prospects

Crosby to Avs is the crazy one.

rafiki sighting!

The Mcdavid to Leaf's talk has picked up since the cap news. The latest is Marner is nowhere near deciding yet but that could have been like click bait article,lol.

Certainly tuning in tonight to hear Montreal boo the US anthem

lol
surprised all the yank games aren't in boston


yeah one of my fondest live hockey-watching moments was going to some of the usa#1 games during the 2006 world juniors, including their 5-1 semifinal loss to russia. the russian players, led by malkin, seemed to really enjoy being the "home" team there

another was their quarterfinal matchup vs switzerland at the 2010 olympics. a decent number of swiss fans made the trip, but the crowd support wasn't enough to get them over the line, sadly


anyway, BOOOOOOOOOOO