“Maybe the Olympics in China will be different,. We have to look at what the value of an Olympics does for our brand. You know, as an example, if this was in Vancouver again, I’m sure we’d be going because it makes a lot of sense. You know, for us to shut down our league, and take the risk of our players to go over there, there has to be value for our business for that to happen.”

-Craig Leipold, owner of the Minnesota Wild via Dan Mizutani of the Pioneer Press.