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Originally Posted by MattyC
Remember when Steven Stamkos was trying to transform himself into the bionic man to try and play in the Olympics?
Yeah. That's the difference. The players care about a gold medal. And thus, I care about a gold medal.
With Monahan out, my interest in this tournament is purely to watch Gaudreau and that's it.
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This.
The NHL should have never entered the Olympics so that the biggest event for player to join was the Canada/World Cup (like soccer World Cup). But once they entered the Olympics then that becomes the biggest event and they should never leave. Cannot reboot the World Cup and have it mean the same. That ship has sailed. NHL is throwing away something 100 other sports wish they had.
Look at the World Baseball Classic and how much trouble they are having, and that's without an Olympics.