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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Rewinding all the way back to May/June 2020, I think the expectations were that things would either be:
- a lot better and close to life as normal, or
- bad enough that 'hockey as normal' would be an obvious non-starter
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Also, they were negotiating a multiyear extension to the CBA, so it wasn't just about Beijing, but also Italy in 2026 and all the Olympics that follow (although they'll be under new CBAs, this clause will likely stay in long-term).