Blackhawks Beat: Thanks to the players, the 4 Nations Face-Off is electric

We're four games into the NHL and NHLPA's inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off, and it's been awesome. Why is it working? What could improve? What could it mean for best-on-best tournaments down the road?
I'll do my best to answer these questions and more in this week's Blackhawks Beat Newsletter, an exclusive to our beloved CHGO Diehards like you! Thanks, as always, for reading and being part of what we do here at CHGO.
The players have bought in.
This was my biggest concern entering the tournament. Would the best players in the NHL treat these games like they really mattered? It's never a problem in the Olympics or even in the World Cup of Hockey, but those tournaments are established and have bu...