07-28-2024, 10:03 PMAephino Wrote: Back when I was in WJC HO (for an impressive one season) I remember we had plans to change it to 8 teams:
Canada
USA
Team NA (other USA + Canada)
British Isles (Great Britain, Ireland)
Norden (Finland, Sweden, Norway)
Rhine (France, Germany, Switzerland)
UCORCAL (Russia, Latvia, Czechia)
World (All other countries)

I personally think this could still work. Less is more for WJC. There's already a lot of inactives on rosters. And it can be overwhelming for new players to have something else they need to follow. It isn't always obvious why some players of X nation are on Y WJC team, and the file working can be trickier.

What a dream an 8 team WJC would be!

There are actually zero inactives on rosters in a 12 team league, it’s built into the rules.