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Originally Posted by fundmark19
Grow the game domestically and internationally. They want to negotiate better Olympic agreements controlling two sports is better than just one.
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"Growing the game" is not the NHL's mandate. Growing its business is. Also, a women's pro league doesn't move the needle on international growth in the slightest. So the key question remains unanswered: how does operating a women's pro league grow the NHL's business? And further unanswered is why the women should be entitled to an NHL-run league.
And as far as the Olympics goes, if the IOC didn't budge when the NHL pulled the men out of their tournament, it's not going to care about the women either. The IOC wants control over all aspects of its event and brand. That is a fundamental issue that this hypothetical would not change in the slightest.