Originally posted by StOnEy333:
Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:
Hockey is a big time dissapointment. No NHLers. And this would have been the most talented US team ever
So I heard the NHL players weren't gonna play, but what's the reasoning behind this?
In the past, Olympics paid for nhl players insurance. So if an nhl player is hurt, insurance pays his salary and not nhl owner. Olympics decided to stop paying for insurance so nhl owners asked Nhlpa to pay for it, but they refused.
TLDR: owners don't want to pay salaries for players hurt in olympics. The players don't want to play if they get hurt and lose their pay. Olympics doesn't give a s**t
[ Edited by SunDevilNiner79 on Feb 6, 2018 at 10:34 PM ]