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And he has to be able to value, is the potential for me getting hurt in this one final game?

And I don't, look, it is an exhibition.

I'm not devaluing the Olympics.

It is, the Olympics are very important.

to the players.

Clearly, how much they fought to be in the Olympics, fought for the NHL to take a three-week break for them to be in it.

You could just see it with the level of pride when goals are scored, when a team loses and the reactions on their faces.

You saw it yesterday when Team USA beat Canada in overtime.

There's an iconic picture that's going around after the game-winning goal of a Canadian player

just face down on the ice, hands, gloves in their face, in their helmet.

So ultimately that stuff does matter.

I wonder though, is it worth throwing, potentially throwing away?

Weeks of an NHL season when you're in a playoff push.

That's the tradeoff.

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