While I am a fan of hockey as much as many Canadians, I just can't get excited about this tournament.
It's just a glorified exhibition tournament in my eyes, and a money grab.

The ad hoc, random schedule of these Canada Cup/World Cup tournaments essentially means there is nothing of which to be proud - i.e. saying that your team/country won the World Cup of Hockey doesn't carry any prestige because there is no tradition to the tournament.
Throw in the novelty of Team Europe and Team North America and this tournament loses what little meaning it may have had.

I'll probably watch a number of the games, but I will have no emotional investment in the outcomes.
This just seems like some cheap exhibition tour to me, and it seems to actually degrade high competition hockey imo.