That's kind of a bummer to see.
I was looking forward to at least being able to take a break from the season and play with an international team.
I remember when the Revamped Rosters came out around Olympic Time I had a blast playing with those teams and setting up tournaments as best I could (Which is where my wish that we could import our own rosters/jerseys comes in, so I can skate with Slovenia instead of oh, I don't know, Japan...).
It might be fun, but as it's own game, I might play through it once or twice just for fun.
I feel like I've typed it a million times the past few days, but those are the types of things I would love to see added to Franchise mode. The ability to be a GM and get invited to GM/Coach an International team either in the World Juniors, or just the IIHF International Play. It would be awesome to try and build a team, trying to pick from a list of players, potentially having guys on your shortlist who either decline to play, or maybe get injured and require off-season surgery, forcing you to replace them.
It would be great to get a team like Sweden and loan up your team, or maybe try and take a smaller country like Norway to the medal rounds.