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jekoh · 10-01-2012, 03:02 AM

Well we do have a world championship every year, it's just that one league decides to have its playoffs during said championship.

Even then Canada and the USA usually have a lot of available players decline. I mean by the time the WCh gets underway there are only 4 out of 30 NHL teams still playing, so the WCh rosters for Canada and the USA could be almost identical to the Olympic ones.

10-01-2012, 03:02 AM	#7
jekoh Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,858 vCash: 500	Well we do have a world championship every year, it's just that one league decides to have its playoffs during said championship. Even then Canada and the USA usually have a lot of available players decline. I mean by the time the WCh gets underway there are only 4 out of 30 NHL teams still playing, so the WCh rosters for Canada and the USA could be almost identical to the Olympic ones.