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How would you react if you had paid more than 150 francs to see Lorenz Kienzle play in attack within a Davos team with only three lines and almost no star? What if you came to Graubünden especially for this match? You’d be frankly crazy, right? Is right!

It was the unpleasant feeling that the spectators had of the match between Davos and Team Canada. HCD made fun of them on Saturday evening. By failing to line up a full team and deciding to rest a number of starting players, Christian Wohlwend swung more than a game. Because of this decision, the 6300 spectators were deprived of their “Klassiker”. A trivial Davos – Team Canada match. We are not talking about a Rapperswil – Davos in September.

The purpose of the maneuver? Slap this Saturday meeting to be fresher the next day in the quarterfinals. If the choice is sportingly defensible in any other case, it is absolutely not when one is hosting the event. This week, all the cameras are focused on the Grisons station. And the show proposed by the local players was sad. The image deficit is great. Especially after the glorious elimination in the quarterfinals on Sunday.

The Davosians’ questionable poker move didn’t even have a positive impact. In the end, they lost everything. The Spengler Cup has always been and must remain one of the highlights of the HC Davos season. For forgetting to forget it, the Grisons leaders were punished. Meanwhile, hockey fans will take comfort in watching Ambri-Piotta continue his journey. For taking this tournament seriously, the Leventins gained enormous sympathy capital during this Spengler Cup. So much the better for them. They deserved it.

Grégory Beaud, Davos

Created: 12/30/2019, 9:26 a.m.

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