Tricolore#20
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ScottyBowman said:I posted before the olympics started that the NHL should have given them 2 extra days at the start and gave them an extra day at the end. Bettman must not realize how hard it is to travel from Italy to the US and even worse for the Red Wings as they play in San Jose on Tuesday night. It took me like 4 days to get my sleep pattern back when I came home from Europe this summer and these guys are thrown onto the ice in a different time zone to boot.
I think part of the reason that this tournament seemed poorly coordinated by the IIHF/IOC and the NHL was because it was put together at the last minute. In the summer time, Bettman's first priority was to get the league back on ice (a process that didn't really get started until mid July), and the Olympics were the furthest thing down on the agenda.
I think that attributes for the poor NHL scheduling in general (lack of interconference play, etc.). I'll be willing to give Bettman the benefit of the doubt, considering how hard he worked over the summer to put the game back on the ice. If these issues come up down the road however, I would also support the claims of ignorance on Bettman's part.