Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

10 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

Oh they beat the Czechs haha

I am just now watching rerun of that match. 

[hckošice 15,518]

I wonder where is our friend so now we know, he is in Azkaban

[NikolaB 451]

22 minutes ago, Finnator123 said:

Player Insurance. That was the reason why NHL didn't come

As I said, it's all about money

[Finnator123 294]

2 minutes ago, NikolaB said:

As I said, it's all about money

And that's so sad. I'd choose the olympic tournament over plastic World Cup of Hockey any day

[hckošice 15,518]

The whole problem started by IOC when they announced they will not cover the Players insurances anymore after the Sochi games. IIHF presented to the NHL their plan B with partial covering this problem, but NHL wanted the full cost or nothing. that´s the whole thing behind the PC 2018 NHL ban

[phelps 8,279]

I can only say that I'm shocked...

 

to name one of the most famous sports citations (even if it's about baseball and not hockey): "In a tournament (year, in the original) that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened"...

[DaniSRB 899]

Just now, hckosice said:

The whole problem started by IOC when they announced they will not cover the Players insurances anymore after the Sochi games. IIHF presented to the NHL their plan B with partial covering this problem, but NHL wanted the full cost or nothing. that´s the whole thing behind the PC 2018 NHL ban

but then every sport can ask this from IOC

 

national federations and players should have pushed IHF...........now we have low quality tournament without best players which is shame

[hckošice 15,518]

1 minute ago, DaniSRB said:

but then every sport can ask this from IOC

 

national federations and players should have pushed IHF...........now we have low quality tournament without best players which is shame

 

At the start it was a three way deal between IOC IIHF and NHL before the Nagano 1998, even 1 year before it was quite unthinkable that NHL will be stopped during the Olympics, it never happened before, but by some magic they found the deal and IOC´s part was covering the Insurance costs which are really considerable. they paid them also for 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 but already before Sochi they said this will be the last time. so basically we all knew this will happen.

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

The IOC had no choice, but to stop insurance payments. The NBA and various European football leagues were starting to demand the same thing.

[thepharoah 2,412]

1 minute ago, JoshMartini007 said:

The IOC had no choice, but to stop insurance payments. The NBA and various European football leagues were starting to demand the same thing.

As far as I know , national federations are the ones to pay insurance for NBA teams in basketball is this right ?