Recently, I overheard a radio interview where the International Ice Hockey Federation is compiling an all-time international hockey team. They plan on polling over 100 hockey writers to come up with a list that will take into account a player's international career and professional exploits. That being said, for the next few months these writers will sell us hockey fans on a team that will have the usual suspects: Wayne Gretzky, Slava Fetisov, Martin Brodeur, yada, yada, yada.
The question here is this: isn't it kind of pointless to announce an all-time team now, when it will be altered in twenty-five years? Better yet, what good is this IIHF team if it doesn't include pre-World War 2 players, any members of team USA (especially 1960, 1980, and 2002), or countries other than the former Soviet Union, Canada, Sweden, and Finland?
What are some ideas to make this team legit? Any other thoughts?
2007-11-23
09:03:01
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