under a neutral banner how different will the twenty eight hundred championship be from previous i talked to five times. a bronze medal. ultimate international prize is just weeks away but with the game's best players locked out by the n.h.l. and the russian team's participation in jeopardy of the olympic playoffs vs thrilling stanley cup finals the new unknown masters rise in the absence of the usual suspects of hockey the lack of star power reduced the competition to a second great show. eric henri it's really great to have you on our program thanks for being with us welcome to moscow we want to be here so let's start with the olympics and was happening there so this year n.h.l. will let michel players will not participate in the olympic games to use things their absence will actually make their race for the olympic gold like maybe sort of a second rate contest. well. the same tournament.

that. it's not. the best players won't be there i think hockey will be her. who grew up. in the countries where they're on. the olympics and the whole family it's all about the hockey. and all. the big family. because. it's a story. i don't know. the stories but. i don't want to still see the tournament you know i think that. should be brought a good deal. the chance throughout the play is to enjoy the location the other

players have success another interesting moment but just the fact of these star players absent because n.h.l. is where the hockey stars are let's face it do you feel like it makes the olympic hockey they say are less attractive. honestly it's. this because of course they're very recognized that the display is not there that he should be there that play should be played in that country it's all. about i still. side of it that will be there i think there will be soup support in them and they should be very excited and be brought out to be that part of the team i know that some of the n.h.l. players like ovechkin cross me they are being very outspoken about their disappointment. not going to the olympics do you think pressure from the players could change anything here. i think in the should be to play it's

up to the owners. and the chill they should listen to the players and their tours of course we don't know what's happening behind the scenes what the the main reasons why then it still play is some of the biggest old nurse will let the players go for two weeks what three weeks. old and the money was introduced what was the number one reason so we really don't know that since the off think that that that should be come out and explain to people you saw the reasons why and it's a place out there should be there allowed to go if they want to on their own for instance like russia they can go on their own no that they may be suspended shouldn't n.h.l. players be allowed to go on their own with their own money if they want to play. since no champs the league has the rules of the game so.

that would be too messy. to bet so he said let's see they asked let's i'm going to play in the olympics now we should give them a chance and that was this incredible story in the eighty's i remember aware and nonprofessional american team actually won the gold medal choosing something like this could happen this time around the miracle on the ice yes i was there nineteen i was there and i was to be part of the. knights in your soul. plane full of law and. just being a part of the olympics family was a thrill for me and. good that happened. next year in korea. are to say this. to europe russia have strong teams you know often feel like i'm really good je suis and check some of the most old canada has a lot of players play in the europe usa has a plate of europe full it's

a little bit different so it would take a miracle for you that really already there are a goal out of what are you saying thirty years on earth thirty something years on hockey has gotten much stronger than back then in the eighty's. it has. a lot of contrasts catching up you know maybe in the eighty's to soviet union more so much better canada now that the swedes win the world you know steve to feel less winning the good so the cap is not a big hit in warsaw. i think we can call six five six countries to go with the six to be in stock so tell me tell me because i'm a deal a townhouse in the olympic contest different from the n.h.l. stanley cup playoffs i mean you played in both obviously you want someone else is there more pressure when you're doing the stanley cup game seven or when you're actually doing the olympic gold. oh the pressure is there i've been.

when you start make up this tree come true you know that's. you start your job ten months ago unable to finish just see them just down they got this note by the wood to finish the season old because special only forty year they play a short tournament. chess you have your lifetime beautiful out of the olympics maybe once or. twice whatever some six times. it's a really stupid story like i said olympics of different bits of the contrary a bug that the whole family leased out the pub it's. soul you and your you know game but emotionally for a whole kit player. no matter if you win something big you know it's there just suddenly go with the war just because if so. please tell me what's going on through and hockey players had when you actually on the ice rink competing for olympic gold

i mean the whole world is watching inside you're responsible for your country what is it like to talk to one in a worse but. it affects you more worry about the game more about. make sure you are ready to play make sure you. get teams ready. and also you didn't join the movement to the olympic movement and stuff like that what's what's involved there you play for your country you play fuel no excuse no it's the it's a big show but. it's about the game you're about the game and you try the wood what's going on outside because a lot of this you know your family is watching you maybe you have some friends there but the you still you focus in the family country and old world as well i want you to look at that level augie play oh you know it's more of a joy to seal just a lifetime when something big. but the olympic team doesn't get. two glued

together like the n.h.l. i mean in my opinion how do you compensate for that. it's a challenging you know for the team. who will. do the return have too much time to be together before the clock throbs so i think that both use a place that's very well done by the team you'll build. you try to make the right players for t.v. . let's get good chemistry in the short time so it's a really important since the key for the olympic hockey team is coach and the synergy between the players i mean because you don't get to spend time together you know each other's habits you don't understand but today's hockey players know each other i think that they have played together in the past maybe the. maybe the club teams you know but. i still listen to people the team is very important because if you don't have the time to really practice to get out of my style i think you go

should make good choices you know find the right place at the right place is. looking back what is. more important for hockey players legacy winning and b.p.'s record breaking stance or actually winning an olympic gold stanley cup ring. we're talking about the team sports i think that the winning like i mentioned we used to go up into season in the olympic gold medal to kid s. team for your country i think it's. just. a few win the m.v.p. or even the score in title but you wouldn't want to be called i think that's more one of cities like olympic hockey is less scandalous then in the n.h.l. i mean less physical fighting. less scandals. sure the hockey changes i think that in itself. because it's much more.

of the game. and also. gave no it's not the best player there but the. little bit you know you play with a good player so. i think you will see more skills on the ice once so it's a different different game because to. make something different. put it in the us where a question like olympic hockey is less scandalous because any child for me is like . you know like people five i think. it's part of the game it's called a long long time. today. and it's the wars fights you know it's a list today. i don't know it's. i don't know it's about hockey and it's still and you want to see.

which team do you think will impress us. that's amazing and. our hockey broken son a good job you know. we keep food prices and countries we only five million people the. russians will be favored in the tournament. just to. show. you this approach everybody take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to you eric corey a hockey legend we'll talk more about the upcoming olympics stay with us.

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a situation. because a lot of individuals form be able to actually join their national teams for a stand a child players they russian players. hockey is a team sport is and then i mean i wonder if it's a collective effort that is more important than skills of certain individual star hockey players what is more important. you know because i mean come on for instance you scored so many goals in your career but your teammate was awful wayne gretzky you know you were a team with. like a steam force. you need the. players who can score. past the. need to play a good defense will you do you call. this in you need to get players

you can have the. everybody's course all the right play defense you know it's a it's a different. view of the team and. if i go to my time. mark messier and then there's some great hockey hall of famers but we were really. good players for doing the great job for our so the team effort is more important than a star separately from the team i think it's a few members of course one player winter games. in the championship it's good for . everybody. you mentioned russian team and. olympic team is in a limbo because russians can't participate in the winter olympics under their own flag they will have to compete as squared of.

athletes plus we have the absence of n.h.l. how do you think that will affect the whole tournaments that's not something new for the olympics absence of the n.h.l. now the russian team competing on the national flag. i think that. there has been so much talk already but the by the time the. tribes afrique we all forget that i hopefully we can focus in the tournament on the games and i know that you know it's been a tough year for hockey. and it still is not. coming and that the russians. tough time for the tourist course you know. for their hockey but i think that both with time will heal on the. other no less than sixty days to go for this going to be where you know we could really focus in the city so you're saying the ant absence of n.h.l. this strange situation with russian hockey players competing under national flak is

not going to affect the whole thing i can ask the way in your opinion i mean. time will heal doesn't many days to go by the time that the box drops over the field and then you have a chance to be a part of the olympics. and the south koreans have actually asked the i will see to it russia hockey team common play because they're worried about the economics of things were russian team consul out of t. shirts are sold a lot of tickets to the games are sold do you think maybe economic pressure could change something here how do you. think of the hockey world. with the russian players their bras and speak one of the hot. we're a family and. it's would it be sad if the russian were to be there you know. so. one of the hot you know. the really worry that. the situation of the russians will be. seen off the. road just it does it has been made but of

course you know by the russian sports. so. just as a human being and as a hockey player i'm going to ask you questions and i just want your personal opinion obviously i know that hockey players the russian hockey players have all passed the doping test and the witness there says that the hockey players weren't part of the doping scandal anyway why force them to wear neutral colors i mean can they just if they're not part of the doping scandal can they just where their national. sports wear and compete on their own flag. well i hope the good but. i think this is a big story why it was happening in the i.o.c. . has done a lot of work and study through the sheet through ation. how much choice for the right person told well i know enough to say well. you know i say to be

a tough side for them the russian sports five million. are stupid but. if it was strong but to just do so i just know one thing that we do go that way. because emotionally russians are very split about this most of the athletes say they going to go to the olympics and they will compete regardless of anything under natural flag half of russians are saying that doesn't make any sense because if you go to the olympics you should really be able to raise your flag and hear your anthem play other half of the russians are saying you know what go we should go and compete everyone knows which country you're from and you. when is our win anyways what's your take on that's what do you say and i think they should go and compete and be proud that the you are russian the whatever you know and enjoy the moment on the i think that's sort of for that you know. what has happened with this

situation and so i think that. hopefully. someone asked what is competing under a natural flag do you feel like it's demoralizing for him or on the contrary it can fire you up so much that you're going to stick it to the world and we think that you use that that it's also the actually that's trade school for many many years many many months very self for herself the because you know so i think that. they will. come up with a lot of it's trying to achieve for sure of hopefully for you for gary corrie has been watching t.v. watching olympic competition on the ice and will it matter for you that these people aren't competing under russian flag will will you look at them differently. i look at hockey i watch it. but didn't know the game i happen to know the players

who skated out there so i did meet a little bit different story but look up the game and the results of the. play itself. sets a story you could go and say i'm a player yeah but that's the truth or do you think generally speaking collective punishment should exist in sports. collective punishment two things that should exist in sports in generals. like this. it's a sad story of what happened in sports you. know you'll see you susan. it's nice to know. she's. not asking to analyze what's happening as a sportsman a someone who played with a team and that can happen in any team in any country not only in the olympics you can test a sportsman for adopting and it turns out he takes the substance and then the rest

of the team doesn't and should the whole team be punished for he's a. collective punishment exists or it's small. it's the it's a beautiful thing you know it's kind of fair it's unfair for other people. i'm nothing but cheating or whatever so. soon they will always say that sports and politics don't mix they really do at the end for instance here in russia with things that the ban is politically motivated and there are a lot of other athletes around the world who cheat but they don't get as hard of a punishment as russian athletes this time around so do you think there's a political tend to this whole story. really told. to me that's the worst side of enough knowledge to know what's going on you know of course the. media has. you had everything you know it's

a. built up to. really build in the. west but do you feel like sports can exist without politics because just recently had a wada correct really set that that says quote sports being played without politics interfering and impossible dream. sports can be free i don't know if i didn't see that happening with what i'm doing right now you know of course the. old school has to. use a lot of. force there was a big fast you know on the sports that i would but i don't know. and that's one of the. you know this. it was the first time a national team is being suspended from the game over doping accusation. this change the future course of how sports are perceived in the world do you think you could make sports clean or do you think the next olympics will be stricter for

everyone or is just a matter of time until more profound and less detectable substance. mission. sports is. we spend so much money you. spend so much money. that money. hopefully. will. every way every sports. with the best of the best. thank you very much for this century.

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