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Originally Posted by stang
Do people actually believe this or is this just your typical silliness that comes with this thread?
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This is 100% legit, not sure how you argue it. Hockey is more of a business now than it’s ever been, the NHL has sunk literally billions of dollars to make McPersonality the face of the league. A couple things,
- for financial reasons it is imperative to have the face of the league who is in their prime in the playoffs every year, it just is. Sidney Crosby has not been in the playoffs twice
- the fallout if the Oilers are out this year is massive, no chance McDavid stays. The league knows this and the black mark that would result against the face of the league would be enormous and the marketing potential of him would be severely dismissed.
League has let them get away with murder to try to mitigate themselves basically. From someone who loves the game of hockey it is absolutely disgusting the measures being taken to protect profitability.