‘But the players wanted this. Badly. And the league was undoubtedly right to cede to that request during collective bargaining negotiations. You’ve got guys who have been in the league for a decade like Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Nathan MacKinnon and Auston Matthews who have not gotten the chance to be in the Olympics a single time because the NHL hasn’t gone since the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.’