Bruins President Harry Sinden "thinks the NHL should
get a commitment from the Olympics and NBC to show the big
hockey games -- US-Canada; Canada-Russia; US-Russia -- in
prime time without interruption before guaranteeing NHL
players would play in Salt Lake City four years from now"
(Will McDonough, BOSTON GLOBE, 2/28). Fox's Dave Maloney,
on the NHL's Olympic participation: "This was a wonderfully
contested tournament, games were close, there were
spectacular stories. Let's move on, folks. Do it again."
In a Fox/TMG poll conducted last week, 64% said NHL players
should participate in the 2002 Winter Games, 19% were
opposed and 17% were undecided ("Fox NHL Saturday," 2/28).
WHAT ABOUT BOB? In N.Y., Larry Brooks wrote that while
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman "has been crystal clear in
addressing the issue" of the NHL's investigation into Team
USA's vandalism at the Olympic Village, NHLPA Exec Dir Bob
Goodenow "has been conspicuously silent." Brooks questioned
why Goodenow hasn't issued a statement "urging the guilty to
cooperate and come forward." Brooks: "We don't understand a
Players' Association that from appearances seems more
concerned with protecting the rights of the minority than of
the majority" (Larry Brooks, N.Y. POST, 3/1).