Think about everything that happened in the four-country showdown before Thursday's championship game. Think about the three fights in 9 seconds on Saturday. About the group chats that JTMiller and Tkachuk Brothers used to coordinate those matches – “We're not in group chat” – followed by Conor McDavid's overtime About all the other jabs that continued at the press conference leading up to the rematch that won 3-2 with goals.
Think about how this was just an All-Star Game in a normal year, and how this did following the 4-team mini-tournament, which was decided in a 3-3 draft. Three hockeys. In Boston and Montreal, how this will become an All-Star Game in the future, how four countries (four teams are not as busy tournaments with their own hand-picked teams) can be replaced by regularly scheduled programming. Considering what has happened over the past two weeks of it can seem boring.
The political background of these teams USA-Canada games, the repeated claims that players didn't want to see into politics into the game, how impossible that idea seemed as Canada and Canada's national anthems were booed Think about the National Anthems were being lightly booed in the US. President Donald Trump spoke to his country's national team on Thursday before the game, expressing his desire to annex the country with Trudeau, the same day he “called Governor.” All the patriotic answers, for all the players who called this championship game Magnum Opus in hockey, think about the meaning of flags and nation play as NHL players eventually returned to the international tournament.
And think of the 13 words of John Cooper buried in the middle of Tuesday's response, which captured everything that these four nations have transformed. “We've done nothing for hockey in ten years than what this tournament did,” Cooper said, moonlighting as Canadian head coach before returning to lightning when the season resumes this weekend. . Think about how he uttered more than 48 hours ago before knowing whether his team can win the event, clench the trophy, and stretch the gold medal around his neck. Consider how the lasting impact of the 4 Nations event had already crystallized before the two finalists were known.
