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Originally Posted by Unleash_the_Phury
The quality of play in 2002 wasn't nearly as good in the NHL; those were the dark days of the dead puck era; the Olympics in 02 were the best hockey seen since the early nineties.
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That may be true, but it doesn't ultimately matter. Some Americans will watch this out of American pride, but they won't watch it for the love of the sport. I live here...people don't care, and won't start caring as a result of an Olympic hockey game (and honestly, I'm not going to watch hockey until the playoffs start either). It's very unrealistic to believe otherwise.
Really, if I was the NHL, I'd try to move as many of these failing teams back to Canada as possible, but Bettman will never do that.