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Originally Posted by Press Level
An Olympic Gold medal is much more coveted than the gross glass-thing that the NHL hands out. Most players will say that it's second only to winning a Stanley Cup. As a result, the level of play is much closer to play-off hockey, rather than the slightly-better-than-exhibition level of hockey that we see during the World Cup.
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Eh, probably. Soccer doesn't seem to have that problem. Their fans get a lot more jazzed for the World Cup than the Olympics.