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Old 02-22-2018, 09:36 AM   #679
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
Frankly, its just not that intriguing of an event as an Olympic event. Its not the fault of Canada or the States. But there just isn't an Olympic level of competition here.

I would expect that there will be serious discussions on whether to include it in the next one.
I don't. Competition isn't as important to the IOC anymore.

It's all about the $$$ and with the new format they get two Canada-US matchups per tournament, both which do big TV numbers in North America, and decent viewership for the semi-finals.

Not to mention it would be horribly from an "Equality" optics perspective for the IOC to try and do whatever they can to get the NHLer men back for the next olympics, while canning the women's tournament.
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