I Hate the 4 Nations Tournament.

Let me start by saying that I love the Olympics. My introduction to hockey came when Crosby won the gold in Vancouver.

The 4 Nations is awful. You practically have an exhibition tournament right in crunch time of the season. That’s it. You’re pretty much playing for bragging rights.

Before I continue, I want to share I am a long suffering Mets fan. I have ptsd from Edwin Diaz ending his season for celebrating a save in the World Baseball Classic. That was the nail in the coffin in March.

Now, imagine your best teams player gets injured playing in glorified exhibition games? How will that make you feel? How will you feel if your team had a decent chance at a deep cup run, but those odds just got slashed because of the 4 Nations Tournament.

Since my word means nothing, I’m going to sit back, and pray to my god that all of the players on my team stay healthy. We already deal with LTIR jokes around the clock, so all I’m asking is Mark Stone to please come out of this tournament in one piece (Petro and Wild Bill please get well soon).