I know a lot of hockey fans. I don’t know a lot who are particularly excited about the 4 Nations that begins tonight in Montreal with Sweden vs. Montreal.
Part of that is probably just the unfamiliar, discomfort with change, all that. Part of it is probably how few teams are involved. I’m sure lots will come around. Maybe I’ll even come around.
Over the years, almost as much as “salary cap” and “hockey related revenues” and “cost certainty,” we have heard how “the players really want to have a best-on-best tournament.” (Silly me, I thought that was the Stanley Cup playoffs.