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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
For someone like me who has no idea of the backdoor negotations and such, how exactly did all of this come to fruition? What was the NHL looking for? What was the IOC/IIHF's role? What's the ELI5 for this situation?
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Insurance costs, travel costs, NHL access to Olympic video rights, the ability of the NHL to associate itself directly to the Olympics, and possibly even some direct monetary compensation.
IOC said no to every single one and from the sounds of it basically refused to even negotiate.