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Originally Posted by monkeyman
The only reason the NHL and the NHLPA want a World Cup of hockey is to make more money for the NHL and the Players. maybe they just realize, nobody cares right now and it likely won't make enough money to make it worth it.
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This is the most likely scenario, but unfortunately thats also pretty poor logic. If they want to grow it into something important that people actually care about they're going to probably have to take a few less profitable tournaments on the chin until its built up into something better.
Its folly to want something to be awesome immediately, its shortsighted thinking.
The only reason I brought up the FIFA World Cup was because its a vastly more important and complicated tournament with significantly more problems, concerns, logistics and moving pieces and they're making it work.
So it isnt a logistical problem, the NHL just dont want to put the time, effort, money and work into something that isnt going to move the profit needle the way they want it to.