With or without Russia, 2024 World Cup of Hockey inches closer to reality
LAS VEGAS – Connor McDavid visibly perked up in his chair. He was fielding a variety of topics Thursday at the NHL Player Media Tour, from the Edmonton Oilers’ offseason moves to his pursuit of the league recordbooks, but one subject brought out his passion more than the others: the 2024 World Cup of Hockey.
“I think I’ve been pretty open with this one: the NHL, and hockey in general, has missed out on a huge chunk of international play and best-on-best play,” McDavid said. “That would have been really, really special. “I think they missed out on a huge, huge portion of the international game that’s really going to be missed. We need to figure out a way to get an international tournament in as quickly as possible.
First off: Daly indicated that the intention indeed remains to stage a World Cup tournament in February of 2024. Nothing has been signed or made official, and he doesn’t see a need to rush an announcement in the near future, but he says the league is doing its due diligence in preparation for it, speaking to potential sponsors, marketers and broadcasters.
“We can pick six teams from the existing field that doesn’t include Russia and still have an ability to have a play-in for the final two spots, even not including Russia,” Daly said. “Now, we recognize the value that Russia brings to international hockey tournaments. It would be very unfortunate for our Russian players who have done nothing wrong not to have the opportunity to compete in a best-on-best competition. We’d like to come up with a way to make sure that doesn’t happen.
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