2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship

I currently live in Canada. Not really sure what the foreign language rules are here, so I will proceed to type in English.

lol. I never said everyone who cares about the world cup is dumb, just that I think it is dumb because the best players in the world are still playing for the stanley cup. I have always been of the opinion that the Stanley Cup is the hardest to win trophy of any in sports. I mean you go through a gruelling far too long season to land in the top 8 of east or west, only to play even more head to head hockey. Over and over against the same team. And then again, and again and again. I have played back to back against the same teams before. It is hard. That is why I find the world cup boring in comparison. They should play it closer to summer when hockey seasons are over.

When I was playing in Regensburg, I didnt know anyone that played that did not follow the NHL.

I didnt say that the world juniors were better, I said that I find it to be more interesting and exciting. I see CHL enough, so I like seeing what sort of players are developing in Germany and Scandinavia and the tournament is ideal for that.

I know plenty of people here who follow euro leagues. Mostly KHL, some elite league, a few DEL. No one follows the British league. I can understand why though. A lot of people watch/follow the Spengler (?) Cup. It is an interesting dynamic seeing league teams play national teams and junior teams. Just across the board unheard matchups.

Its OK. People who want can enjoy the world cup and I know from personal experience that it is hard to follow the play offs because of the time zone differences. Like I said, in my opinion, the playoffs deliver more exciting hockey.