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Originally Posted by fleury
Sounds like the NHL couldn't ignore the publicity from playing in the largest populated country in the world. Frankly, I don't get it. Most of Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Africa, etc., aren't worth bothering building the game in. The climate is warm and it'll never pick up. What's the point really? Plus in this case there's the social stigma of China not having a good human rights record.
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I think the “growth of the game” is more about an international and North American TV audience seeing a lot of coverage of NHL stars, as opposed to the host country in particular.
That said, there are a whole lot of cities in China that are more temperate/colder than many places the NHL plays right now.