Sportsnet hockey boss Scott Moore supports NHL’s decision to skip Olympics
TORONTO — While fans and players have expressed disappointment and anger over the NHL’s decision to skip the 2018 Winter Olympics, Sportsnet hockey boss Scott Moore has no problem with the move.
The president of Rogers Sportsnet and NHL properties said in an interview Tuesday that as a fan, he’d love to see the best-on-best at the Olympics. As a broadcaster, however, he said he’d have made “the exact same decision” as the NHL.
The league announced Monday that it would not halt its schedule to accommodate the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It will mark the first time since 1994 that NHL players haven’t participated in the Olympics.
Reaction from players and fans has been mostly negative, with superstar Alex Ovechkin even saying he plans to represent Russia in 2018 with or without the NHL’s blessing.