Gary Bettman's starting point in this back-and-forth is that this is a major disruption/inconvenience/hit for the NHL.

Yeah, shutting down for 3 or so weeks in Feb, for sure, it's a pain.

But, does the NHL lose any revenue?  Would think not much, if any.  All the games are played, tickets sold, broadcast, all that stuff.

If the NHL could prove a financial hardship, some losses, that would certainly add something to their side of the ledger, but so far, they have not done that.  And that's probably b/c they don't lose squat.

Injuries?  Yeah, Tavares, amongst others, he got hurt in the last Olympics.  But players get hurt playing in league games, too, so that chestnut, sorry, it don't float.

When you break it all down, all the NHL really has is, well, they don't like having to go dark for 3 weeks, and that's fine, it's true, but let's not give it any more weight than it deserves..