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NHL 2026: The Olympics Will Be Mammoth!

Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I wonder if they should go to every other year or something.

that was something I wanted to discuss with the IIHF leaders I was working with this winter for WJ, but they were all so focused on the upcoming olympics that I was never able to
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Maybe transitioning the current World Championships into some kind of Nations League tournament ala Volleyball’s Nations League and change the World Championship to a World Cup taking place every four years opposite the Olympics?

You could keep the end of season tournament to help the accounts but now the World Championship would get the attention and prestige from everyone involved that it deserves.
 
Bronco said:
Lol fair. I mean to not pander to an American audience.
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In all honesty, I’m not just thinking strictly about the American audience but worldwide, or least beyond Sweden, Finland and the old Soviet territories (and whatever Canadian sickos TSN manages to convince to watch). Why should a premier international hockey tournament continue to be buried because of Cold War pissing matches and stubbornness?
 
Jimjamesak said:
In all honesty, I’m not just thinking strictly about the American audience but worldwide, or least beyond Sweden, Finland and the old Soviet territories (and whatever Canadian sickos TSN manages to convince to watch). Why should a premier international hockey tournament continue to be buried because of Cold War pissing matches and stubbornness?
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The only countries that would care that doesn't already is North America? What am I missing?
 
Bronco said:
The only countries that would care that doesn't already is North America? What am I missing?
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I would say that there’s more to gain in popularity in countries like Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Potentially the other Nordic countries like Norway or in Asia with Korea, Japan and China.
 
Watching the PWHL trophy presentation last night was fun but their trophy names suck.

Walter Cup: Ok, dude who owns the league named it after himself. Kinda tacky and silly, especially when the Clarkson Cup already exists, but whatever.

The Ilana Kloss Playoff MVP: Are you under 50 and know who Ilana Kloss is? Congrats, you know your women’s tennis. I get that she’s heavily involved on the PWHL board but really? Cammi Granato, Hayley Wickenheiser, Caroline Ouellette, Angela Ruggiero, all solid names for the award and they go with a South African tennis player who’s married to Billie Jean King? It’s almost kind of insulting.
 
Jimjamesak said:
Watching the PWHL trophy presentation last night was fun but their trophy names suck.

Walter Cup: Ok, dude who owns the league named it after himself. Kinda tacky and silly, especially when the Clarkson Cup already exists, but whatever.
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They have the Isobel Cup right there to use, but nooooooo....
 
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