‘Perhaps. Since the NHL didn’t go to the Olympics in 2018 and 2022, it’s the first best-on-best tournament we’ve had since the 2016 World Cup (RIP Johnny Gaudreau, the leading scorer for the “Team North America” we’ll never forget). The NHL Players’ Association has made it very clear it wanted a return to the Olympics and some best-on-best tournaments. With revenues going up, the NHL had to acquiesce to the players on some counts and international play is one of them.’