NHL Hockey thread

[Duque de Bragança]

How do you Canadians feel about 4th place in the World Cup?       

Most people really don't care about this tournament over here.

Most of the top NHL players aren't usually going as it's during the playoffs.

So they show up once their team is out of the play-offs? 

Which is exactly why the tournament is not watched here. Why would someone watch a tournament that features the players that were not good enough to continue on in the NHL playoffs?

Because they're following a national squad, not a NHL "franchise"? I have seen it the only IIHF championship I attended, back in 2027, over here and in Cologne. Not just B-Squad players.

It would be like watching a lower league soccer game.

Has its charms, of a different kind, admittedly.[/quote]

[crazy canuck]

But I think the point you're missing is it's our B squad.

It's basically recreational league hockey for us.

[viper37]

How do you Canadians feel about 4th place in the World Cup?       

Most people really don't care about this tournament over here.

Most of the top NHL players aren't usually going as it's during the playoffs.

So they show up once their team is out of the play-offs? 

Some do, most don't.

[HVC]

It'd be like Farense players representing portugal in the world cup

[Duque de Bragança]

It'd be like Farense players representing portugal in the world cup

Farense had players in the World Cup, they weren't Portuguese that's all. 
48-squad World Cup now remember.
64 for Saudi Arabia, if Gianni gets his way. 

P-S: Torreense, the Portuguese Cup winner, playing in the second division now (failed play-off to first division) has a player in the World Cup.

[crazy canuck]

It'd be like Farense players representing portugal in the world cup

Farense had players in the World Cup, they weren't Portuguese that's all. 
48-squad World Cup now remember.
64 for Saudi Arabia, if Gianni gets his way. 

P-S: Torreense, the Portuguese Cup winner, playing in the second division now (failed play-off to first division) has a player in the World Cup.

He means only Farense players representing Portugal in the WC.

[Duque de Bragança]

 
That's the joke.
Cape Verde people are sometimes called 'Black' Portuguese.

Stopira, the pllayer in question has two nationalities but plays for Cape Verde.
Interestingly enough, he is also Hungarian, naturalised. 

[crazy canuck]

Thanks 

[Duque de Bragança]

No problem.

[HVC]

I just picked them because they're the only team I know in the second division

But anyway, that why Canadians don't care. They're lesser players (from all counties really) playing while the good players play in the cup. So those inclined to watch a tournament watch the Playoffs.

[Jacob]

Canada totally cares when we win. We only don't care when we don't win.

[crazy canuck]

Canada totally cares when we win. We only don't care when we don't win.

We care in the sense of oh look, even our lesser players can win the tournament

[HVC]

Yeah, it's not a "wooo we won" it's more of a "haha, we won" type deal.