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Originally Posted by goodyear
Thanks Locke.
Sounded like the players wanted to go:
"The players are extraordinarily disappointed and adamantly disagree with the NHL's shortsighted decision to not continue our participation in the Olympics."
https://www.nhlpa.com/news/1-11819/n...games-decision
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See below. What they wanted and what they actively did to achieve that desire are very different things.
If the players wanted to go, really, really wanted to go, they were given multiple opportunities to make it happen.
They did nothing.
So they obviously didnt want to go all that badly. Despite all the posturing.
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
The League extended an offer to the players to participate, and the NHLPA declined.
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
They didn't bring it up in the CBA negotiations during the last lockout. They didn't care enough then, or thought the NHL would never consider not going.
The NHL also tried to negotiate a deal that would have allowed them to go and avoid another lockout for a few more years. They declined.
If anything its the players' fault for not making sure Olympic participation was guaranteed in the CBA if it mattered to them that much.
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Its not Bettman's fault.