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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
You don’t see exposure to the game at its highest level as critical to growing it?
It’s obvious the NHL cares because they play pre season games in China. If people start loving hockey then they will start following the NHL.
You asked what benefit there was to the NHL participating in the Olympics. How are you concluding the Olympics doesn’t help with this? Or are we just concluding the NHL should never be questioned?
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It's not a question of whether there is
no value. It's a question of whether there is
enough value.
There are scheduling issues, injury issues, etc. It isn't 'free' for the NHL to just pack up the league and take a break, it has to be worth the effort. And seeing as how they went for a while but now don't, it seems reasonable to conclude that they didn't deem the value to be worthwhile.
Also, the players are the league's product. Just giving them over to the Olympics for a couple weeks is bad business. You don't give away what you can sell.