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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Venues play a pretty big part. No arenas in a lot of potential sites (think back to Rio, Athens, Sydney, Barcelona. It's a pretty big ask for those kind of countries to build a suitable hockey arena (heck, arenas since the tourney requires several).
Plus I think the NHLPA would not like it - cuts into the players own time.
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Your first point is likely most of the issue with going to the summer games.
As for your second point. Do you think that the players only want to go if it's on the leagues time? Seems odd to me. I always thought that the players position was that it should be a personal choice to represent their country and not the leagues.