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TORONTO -- The World Cup of Hockey is here to stay, that much the NHL and NHL Players Association have made fairly clear.Just what form it will have moving forward, however, remains very much up in the air.Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock didnt hold back when I asked him Tuesday morning what his feedback would be about the World Cup if the NHL and NHLPA asked him for it.Two cities, only night games, bring the pools together -- close, close together -- so you have crowds every night, not moving players around, began Babcock, and it was obvious he had been waiting for a while for someone to ask. Based on where you finish, what your world standing is thats how youre ranked in the tournament, thats how you pick dressing rooms, thats how you pick everything.Thats fair, actually. When you go to the Olympic Games, the swimmer in the heats who swims the fastest gets the best lane; thats how it should be. But this young guns [North America] team, or whatever it was [called], was spectacular. Next time is there going to be a?[Connor] McDavid?and an [Auston] Matthews?and those guys there? So you better be careful what you do with that.Team Europes done a great job, Babcock continued. Theyre right here in the final, [so its] pretty hard to knock it and yet I like country on country. I like the opportunity to represent your country where the heats on you and youve got to deliver. I think thats a huge part of the Olympic Games. The other thing is, the World Cups great. Its not the Olympics. Lets not get confused.OK, everyone got all that?First and foremost, if Babcock had his way theres no way the NHL and NHLPA would pull out of sending players to the 2018 South Korea Games. That decision needs to be made by the end of the year, and unless the IOC changes its tune on not wanting to pay for player contract insurance and travel costs -- as it has in the past -- NHL participation is definitely in peril.Also notable is that Babcock clearly feels that the next World Cup should be made up of teams representing their countries and not include the 23-and-under North American team or the team hes facing in the finals, Team Europe. I happen to agree with him. I think a traditional field is the way to go, with a European qualifying event the year before the next World Cup to determine the final few teams in the field. If the NHL doesnt go to South Korea, I think there will be even more onus on having an Olympic-like, traditional field for the next World Cup.NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said on Tuesday that no decisions had been made, either way, yet in terms of which teams would take part in the next World Cup.We havent evaluated [that] yet. When we debrief with the Players Association well focus on the format of future World Cups, Bettman told ESPN.com. (But) I dont think anybody can suggest that this tournament wasnt more exciting because of the Team Europe and Team North America concepts. Theres no doubt that those two teams were more competitive than the seventh and eighth countries would have been.Team Europe winger Nino Niederreiter, who is from Switzerland, was asked Tuesday morning about whether hed want to play for the Swiss in the next World Cup or come back as part of Team Europe.At the end of the day its a lot more emotional when you play for your own country, said Niederreiter. Here, you got put together a couple of weeks ago and youre eight nations in one place and for one team. At this point you dont really play for your country, you play for the teammates you have. So its a mixed feeling. Even being in the finals, its a different feeling than when you play for Switzerland in the final. Theres literally no pressure on us (Team Europe). All the pressure is on Canada.Dont get him wrong, Niederreiter says the whole Team Europe experience has been amazing. But when push comes to shove, playing for a solid hockey country like Switzerland and having that emotional attachment is preferable. After all, Switzerland did beat Canada at the Torino Olympics in 2006 and lost in a shootout to the Canadians at Vancouver 2010. So its reasonable for Switzerland to want to have its own entry in the World Cup. On the flip side, look at it from?Anze Kopitars perspective.Slovenia, Kopitars home country, will never have a chance to make a World Cup field. So for him, this is a unique opportunity with Team Europe and hes really enjoying the ride.I think everybody bought in really quick. I mean, Ive said it many times, everybodys really excited to be here and Id be lying if I said I was completely sold on this concept for sure. 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Shuck leaped all the way into the left-field stands to make the self-described best catch of his life, Kole Calhoun hit his first big-league homer off an All-Star reliever in the eighth inning of an even game. The Angels two young outfielders made some sparkling memories Friday night while leading Los Angeles to another dramatic win. Calhoun punctuated his first four-hit game with a tiebreaking two-run shot, propelling the Angels to a 7-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. With one big play after another, Calhoun and Shuck — who had three hits — earned their teammates admiration and a couple of postgame shaving-cream pies in the face. They both delivered big hits in the three-run eighth against Steve Delabar (5-2) in the Angels second straight win over Toronto. "It was awesome. Its still going through my head," Calhoun said. "It was like the best feeling of my life." Chris Nelson had two RBI singles for Los Angeles before his leadoff double in the eighth, and Shuck followed with a triple to right after Jose Bautista misjudged the ball. Calhoun then homered to right. "Not all the wins are going to come easy, especially with our backs against the wall," Calhoun said. "Were going to have to beat those All-Star guys. Were going to have to compete." Chris Iannetta had an early two-run double and threw out three Toronto base stealers for the Angels, while Shuck robbed Bautista of a homer in the fourth inning with his jaw-dropping catch. Shuck leaped at the short fence, briefly teetered on the ledge after making the catch, and tumbled backward into the stands, still holding onto the ball. "When it started coming down, I just tried to go get it," Shuck said. "I dont know what really happened after that. ... I watched (the replay). It looks pretty unathletic, but its pretty cool to see. I think thats the first one Ive ever brought back." Tommy Hanson blew another lead in his fourth straight winless start, allowing seven hits and three walks while pitching into the sixth. The Angels appeared headed to a loss before their youngsters sparked the eighth-inning rally. Dane De La Rosa (5-1) pitched the eighth for Los Angeles, and Ernesto Frieri struck out the side in the ninth for his 26th save. The Angels closer bounced back from two rough outings earlier in the week in Texas, where the Angels lost three straight on game-ending homers. Delabar leads the AL in strikeouts by a reliever after dominating the first half of the seaason, but the right-hander hasnt been as sharp lately despite striking out the last six batters he had faced before the eighth inning at Angel Stadium.dddddddddddd "I threw one right over the plate, and he crushed it," Delabar said of Calhouns homer. "When you give up three hits in an inning, its not very good, and then you throw in a balk. It just wasnt there tonight. Thats why I feel bad. We battled back to take the lead, then I come in and make a few bad pitches, and all of a sudden it switches to the other team." Todd Redmond couldnt get out of the fourth inning for the Blue Jays, allowing seven hits and three runs while labouring with a high pitch count. The right-hander struck out five in his sixth major league start, but couldnt match his 10-strikeout brilliance last week against Houston — and after the game, Toronto optioned Redmond to Triple-A Buffalo, recalling right-hander Brad Lincoln. Jose Reyes homered during a three-run rally in the sixth inning by the last-place Blue Jays, who have lost three of five. "We let the game get away, and if that continues to happen, were going to go nowhere and were going to be home in October," Reyes said. "We had an opportunity to win this game, and we need to find a way to close them out, one way or the other. Its tough to play the way weve been playing. Its not acceptable with the kind of team that we have. Were better than this." Los Angeles batted around in the fourth, with Iannetta delivering a two-out double. Iannetta also threw out three Blue Jays attempting to steal second base, a first for an Angels catcher in the past decade — and a particular achievement when catching Hanson, who acknowledges being horrible at holding runners on base. Nelson, getting a regular chance to play at third base after Alberto Callaspos departure for Oakland last week, delivered another run-scoring single in the fifth. Reyes evened it with his seventh homer into the elevated right-field stands in the sixth, and the Jays went ahead when Bautista scored on Colby Rasmus bases-loaded grounder. NOTES: Los Angeles stars didnt contribute much: Josh Hamilton went 0 for 5 and stranded six runners in a four-inning stretch with three inning-ending outs, while Mark Trumbo struck out four times. ... Iannetta threw out two runners trying to steal second base in the third inning. 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