The Olympics have a men’s hockey problem.
It isn’t very good.
That is said with all due respect to the former NHLers, career Euro leaguers and college kids who play as hard and as well as they possibly can to represent their countries.
This isn’t even their fault. Part of the low quality of play stems from the fact these guys were thrown together on makeshift teams, given about three practices and told to hit the global stage.
The IOC, true to its well-established arrogance, has always taken the…
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