NHL may skip Olympics after 2010

November 28, 2007 by chuq · Comments
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NHL may skip Olympics after 2010:


“It is a strain. It is a strain on the players, on the schedule and on our fans here,” Bettman said at the Reuters media summit in New York.

“It has an impact on the momentum of the season and the benefits we get tend to be greater when the Olympics are in North America than when they’re in distant time zones.”

And, of course, this has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that there’s no transfer agreement with the Russian hockey federation, and this would make sure none of the russians in the NHL could play for Russia in the olympics in Russia…

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