The Commissioner of National Hockey LeagueGary Bettman, said any negative effect on the Canadian dollar Caused by the prices of the Donald Trump administration could be “painful” for the league.
Speaking on Wednesday on CNBC Squawk boxBettman said the NHL Seven Canadian clubs work well and represent 25% of the League income.
But he said that a drop in the Canadian dollar compared to his American counterpart could cause difficulties, because Canadian teams pay their players in US dollars.
A 25% tariff on Canadian goods led by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, came into force on Tuesday morning and met Canada’s reprisal rates shortly after.
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Bettman, who said he had not yet spoken to the Trump administration on the issue, said that he had spent a lot of time in Canada in the past 30 years and that Canadians “love the Americans.”
He said that the current animosity concerns a “political problem” with the people of the two countries taken in the middle and hopes that it can soon be resolved.
The political tension between Canada and the United States has made a high drama during the recent NNH Nations confrontation in Montreal and Boston.
The international tournament experienced an atmosphere loaded for the two games between the United States and Canada, the US anthem being hoa loud and high before the 3-1 preliminary victory of the United States against Canada in Montreal, and American fans who make the favor in the 3-2 victory in prolongation of Canada on the tournament final in Boston.
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