Option 2: Publicly, Simo puts a good face on it - as one of the oldest players on the team, his actions and words will have an effect on the rookies and he has too much loyalty to Detroit to want to foment dissent. But privately, he's not at all happy with the decision, simply because it runs the risk of absolutely wrecking the team's preparation. It means playing the preseason in America, then spending a handful of days halfway across the globe and suffering through jet lag and total chronographic dissonance, only to play twice before coming back and resuming the regular season as if it never left. It throws a gigantic speed bump in front of the natural momentum of the year for not a huge amount of gain, and Simo is staunchly against it. Spread the gospel of hockey, by all means, but doing it like this does more harm than good.