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Originally Posted by Dan02
I really really want the NHL players at the Olympics because it's the only chance to really see best on best national hockey. I was really angry when I heard the NHL was considering not going to the Olympics.
However, once I found out the IOC wanted the NHL to pickup the tab for the privledge of sending their athletes to the games, the IOC can pound sand.
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It was like that from the start. Bettman threw away a money making summer tournament in 1996 to INTERRUPT the season to go to Nagano, Japan FOR FREE! And we can't say it was the owners, the owners never wanted to go, the players were excited. It was Bettman and that should be part of his failed legacy.
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/16/sp...?pagewanted=1l