How to Fix the Competitive Imbalance at the World Juniors

In reality, all the pandemic did was further widen a chasm between the two teams that was already ridiculously large. If it looked like the two teams didn’t belong in the same tournament, it’s because they didn’t. Even with all their best players, Germany is the ninth-best team in a tournament that should realistically comprise eight teams. But of course, that will never happen.