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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
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.
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Also the NHLPA gave the NHL no reason to go. Simply extending the CBA probably would have been good enough. The Olympics is to the benefit of the players, not the NHL, but the NHLPA refused to negotiate with the NHL.