Do you care that the NHL isn't going to the olympics

[MoreMorrissey]

Olympic hockey is a better product than anything the NHL produces, I don't know how someone can proclaim to be a fan of the sport of hockey and not want to see best on best hockey.

 

[maacoshark]

I'd love to see NHLers there but I understand why they aren't.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

Nope

 

[Jerzey Devil]

No. I cut the cable so I can’t watch it anyway.

 

[Preds Partisan]

Glad the NHL season continues without disruption.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Yes it annoys me.

I was hoping to see Crosby lead Canada to a third consecutive gold medal perhaps...

 

[rent free]

nope olympics are boring

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

yes it's the best players in the world competing with one another in front of the whole world. if you really like hockey it doesn't get much better than that

 

[solidprospect]

Yes. Players playing for their country makes for amazing hockey games.

 

[Phil Kessels Hot Dog]

Yes, I would have loved to see team USA this year. That being said, Canada was so dominant last year the games were pretty boring so I'm not too mad about it.

 

[Barrie22]

Does anyone else think Olympic hockey would be much more entertaining if countries could enter multiple teams? I mean for individual sports you can have like 4 skiers from each country so why not for team sports as well. Hold an olympic trial tournament to decide who qualifies. I think it'll be much more interesting to see Canada A vs Canada B instead of Canada vs some random garbage team from Europe.

Problem with that is why you never see kopitar in the olympics. Nhl players that would be going can't be at the trials.

 

[CrashBartley]

Nope, not at all.

 

[Iapyi]

anyone who blames the nhl doesn't understand the facts.

i'm glad they're not going.

makes no sense.

just have a real Canada Cup every 4 years without the gimmick teams.

 

[Blowfish]

Nothing better than olympic hockey. Really sucks!

 

[karnige]

dont care. crazy timezone. would never get to see it. always next olympics

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Yes, I care. Especially since my team blows at the moment.

It's fun to see the excitement of the olympics combined with my favorite sport.

 

[LPHabsFan]

Canada's games are either at 7:10 a.m. or 10:10 pm eastern with another time slot at 2:40 am eastern for other games. The medal round games are similar times and the gold medal game is on a Saturday night at 11:10. NHL'ers or no NHL'ers there is no way in hell I was going to wake up that early on a weekend or stay up that late (forget about the workweek). And I imagine the majority of people when it comes down to it would do the same.

There's a reason the NHL doesn't want to go and yes there's a lot of financial implications here but simply put they know their base aren't going to be watching.

 

[Chrisinroch]

No, I really don’t care. I’d probably watch the last three games.

I work with a guy who was involved in negotiating an Olympic pitch. His stories took away any remaining shred of innocence about the process.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Canada's games are either at 7:10 a.m. or 10:10 pm eastern with another time slot at 2:40 am eastern for other games. The medal round games are similar times and the gold medal game is on a Saturday night at 11:10. NHL'ers or no NHL'ers there is no way in hell I was going to wake up that early on a weekend or stay up that late (forget about the workweek). And I imagine the majority of people when it comes down to it would do the same.

There's a reason the NHL doesn't want to go and yes there's a lot of financial implications here but simply put they know their base aren't going to be watching.

I don't disagree with your reasoning, but it'll be interesting to watch how the NHL spins it when they do go to the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.

 

[Spazkat]

Canada's games are either at 7:10 a.m. or 10:10 pm eastern with another time slot at 2:40 am eastern for other games. The medal round games are similar times and the gold medal game is on a Saturday night at 11:10. NHL'ers or no NHL'ers there is no way in hell I was going to wake up that early on a weekend or stay up that late (forget about the workweek). And I imagine the majority of people when it comes down to it would do the same.

There's a reason the NHL doesn't want to go and yes there's a lot of financial implications here but simply put they know their base aren't going to be watching.

This^^ Also, NHL style hockey on international ice is boring as hell.

 

[Its a Trap]

I don't really care right now, but I'll probably care when the Olympics are here. Then again, we didn't medal with the NHL players in 2014...maybe this can be a wake up call for 2022?

This is obviously a USA centric post.

 

[Rhodes 81]

A little bit, but it will give a chance for some of the countries that typically don't do so hot to do a bit better and I like watching other sports at the Olympics enough to not care as much if there is less good of hockey. I'll probably be more disappointed the closer we get though.

 

[Bedards Dad]

That game (fins vs usa) was more entertaining then the gold metal game.

I thoroughly enjoyed that bronze metal game!

A medal is made of metal.


As for the OP, yes I care. I would love to see the best on best and a Canada vs USA final out be great with the young players they both have.

 

[Canadian Finn]

Lol.

yes, that it is

 

[psycat]

Yes I care very much since I couldnt care less about the plastic cup named Stanely. National pride on the other hand. Anyway hockey is all murican neo-capitalism nowadays, infact mostly everything in the world is turning into it.