After the great buzz generated for hockey generated by having NHL players in the olympics, two things are certain. First despite the 2 week shutdown, the exposure that hockey and the NHL players got because of the olympics was worth the league shutdown. In a world of stars, getting new people to learn about Ryan Miller is huge. People learn the well known athletes of a sport and then follow the sport, look what Tiger Woods did for golf. So the NHL must send its players to the olympics.
Second after perhaps one of the greatest hockey games in quite a while for the gold medal game, many people who were not hockey fans or casual fans wanted to watch some more hockey games. The NHL needs to fix this by getting a contract with a major network to broadcast games. Versus has been great, but it is not easily available to many homes. Second, the fact that Versus cannot be watched on Directv means that people with the largest satellite TV provider cannot watch hockey on Versus. Someone in the NHL needs to step up and resolve this dispute between Versus and Directv. It would be a shame to lose all this goodwill, and interest in hockey. In a fast paced world, the gold medal game will be forgotten by the general public who move on to something else, and a great opportunity will be lost.
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