No doubt it’s nice to have the World Hockey Championships being played in Canada for the first time in its history, but you have wonder about the size of the field and whether it’s necessary.

What is the point of having countries like Latvia, France, Italy and Denmark in the tournament?

They travel thousands of miles to have their doors kicked and it really is pointless.

It’s like the IIHF feels the tournament isn’t legitimate unless there’s a certain number of team in it. Even if it means several games between clubs that don’t stand a chance or teams that nobody cares about.

When you look the schedule, it’s heavily weighted with games that mean nothing compared to games that will actually hold some interesting.

Team Canada’s 7-0 exercise against Latvia on Sunday was a waste of time and bordered on cruelty, while several other games were lopsided and featured some teams actually backing off to save their opponents embarrassment.

A 16 team field for an International hockey tournament is far too ambitious and lessons its impact.

Eight would be enough and grab the interest of fans long before the current format does.

Heatley red hot.

Ideally it would be great if Canada's Olympic athletes wore Canadian made uniforms in Beijing this summer but it's not practical.

Instead, they'll wear Canadian uniforms that were made in China. The same place that produces many of the goods that Canadians flock to Wal-Mart stores to buy. The same place that gets so much of our manufacturing business because unions have made it almost impossible to operate in Canada.

It's laughable that the opposition parities have tried to turn this into a political issue when its nothing more than a sign of the times.

Not to mention that it was the decision of the Canadian Olympic Committee that operates totally on it own, free of the government.

Outcry over made in China clothes