As usual, Canadians have been concerned with the latest international hockey championships (4 countries confrontation). Despite top talent and a long history of genealogy, the feeling that Canada may be out of the game has been a long-term concern. But in 2025, this is especially profound - mainly due to Americans.

Since the last time Canada played in the U.S. at the 2016 Elite Championship, Canadians have watched the U.S. program grow stronger and stronger, while Canada's own program has lost focus. Among the most pressing questions, people have been goalkeepers. Canada (or more precisely) has produced over decades of major goalkeepers. no longer. They are all American now.

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The world junior two months ago was useless for nothing. Canada crashed into the game on home ice, and few ideas accurately represented the country’s top talent (in typical ethnic style hockey, almost apologized this week). Then the Americans won the entire game (again) and a team piled up as much as possible.

So if a redemption or simple hockey recalibration was recalibrated on Saturday night in a spicy game between Canada and the United States, the Americans came from behind to win 3-1 - still an outrageous of. There is no doubt that bragging rights are online. But there are more.

When it designed 4 countries to play, the NHL would never predict that this election match would land in this one-off bilateral politically, nor would it be so hot and not so much that the atmosphere inside and outside the Bell Center. . Everyone feels so hard about trade issues that, on the surface, has nothing to do with hockey players. But, thanks to our President Donald Trump, we are here.

Hockey has never been separated from cross-border economics. One way or another, whether in exchange rates, team relocation or taxation (on a single question with duplicate questions), Canada-Canada-US relations always echo around the game. In fact, you might argue that there is a strong booing of a star sweep banner when disputes occur between the two countries is because the relationship in hockey is sharper than anywhere else. Because in hockey, Americans owe Canada the most.

Of all Canadian exports to the United States, the one that has the greatest impact on Canadian psychology is hockey. What oil means to Alberta, hydropower in Quebec, potash fertilizer to Saskatchewan, etc. But hockey, that's Canada. If it is not for us, no one else will have it. But hockey has never been in Canada since its creation, because the Americans have been there. Of course, play it, but most importantly, monetize it, commercialize it, and use Canadian resources to become a powerful person in itself. And it never seems to be really fair.

“The Canadian community has invested a lot in production, like a good hockey player: it creates a social environment that encourages young players to be great in the sport and spend the necessary long hours of practice; and coaches arena to perfect his skills. Bruce Kidd wrote in 1970: “The scale of investment is usually quite large. He wrote, no. Instead, the game was sold to Canadians by Americans. “If it is not directly exported for sale in the United States, the best games will be sold in Canada at an outrageous price under monopoly conditions.” Canada drew out hockey players and the Americans became rich.

In many ways, there hasn't been much change in the past 45 years. Canada still maintains its hockey surplus, but it seems that Americans benefit more from it than Canadians. Perhaps we are talking about retaliation measures Canada may take against the United States in the near future, and hockey should be part of the conversation - for example, adding 25% tariffs to every Canadian player on the U.S. team should pay Canada to the government. This is obviously ridiculous. But that's all: tariff wars, annexation talks, steaks for cross-border crime. Yet, despite this, it is stupid, although people hope that it is not irreparable. After all, we still need someone to play with hockey. Because, although hockey belongs to Canada, it would be much more fun and much more interesting if we just keep it in Canada. That's why we always share it with our best friends, and it's forever for each other's (hockey) debt.