Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 News

[hckošice 16,605]

and it is official. Best on best tournament woohoo !!!

 

 

[NearPup 4,166]

First best-on-best tournament since 2014 (lets forget about the abomination that the 2016 World Cup was)

[George_D 1,638]

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

So we'll have to form two teams

 

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

Fingers crossed for a gold medal. Canada knows it can get any it can 

Canada 🍁 will take gold in both men's and women's ice hockey. First here

[Monzanator 5,096]

China must have paid a lot of backstage money to lure NHL into this decision

[ahjfcshfghb 296]

23 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

China must have paid a lot of backstage money to lure NHL into this decision

This is the first time I'm actually glad that China has so much influence lol

[Vic Liu 1,701]

23 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

China must have paid a lot of backstage money to lure NHL into this decision

Maybe just bought 3-year television rights.

[JoshMartini007 2,860]

I don't think the NHL was too hesitant to try and break into the Chinese market

[NearPup 4,166]

2 hours ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

This is the first time I'm actually glad that China has so much influence lol

You really just need a tiny percentage of Chinese people to gain an interest in the NHL for it to be a very lucrative market.

[intoronto 6,887]

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

China must have paid a lot of backstage money to lure NHL into this decision

Why would they? Wouldn't that lead to more lopsided results for them?

[Monzanator 5,096]

9 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Why would they? Wouldn't that lead to more lopsided results for them?

 

It would boost the overall reception of the Games. They do it for business, not to elevate the Chinese hockey level.