If the player are into it and give an effort, not sure I would have little interest to see Mcdavid-Mack-Crosby-Makar-etc... Pretty sure I would take a look, just to see the lines and what they do together, Marchand-Crosby-Mackinon on a line or a team trying to handle McDavid-Mackinon skating together ?
above international politics
Maybe but never been and even the ancient Olympics were deeply political, specially when the sport events is divided by nation, with people wearing country flag singing national anthem, hard to imagine how it could be above politics, international politic is their reason to exist and the reason they are in any way interesting and their goal (what else is going on..., why split people by country to start with).
Their politicization need to be in good taste, but cannot be removed.
Famously there was truce announced during game (quite the political act):
During the celebration of the games, the Olympic truce (ekecheiría) was announced so that athletes and religious pilgrims could travel from their cities to the games in safety. The prizes for the victors were olive leaf wreaths or crowns. The games became a political tool used by city-states to assert dominance over their rival city states. Politicians would announce political alliances at the games, and in times of war, priests would offer sacrifices to the gods for victory.
The modern olympics was a lot motivated because France lost to Germany in the 1870 war, an France generalized effort to create strong, disciplined and unified young French through sport combined with the International collaboration during the even would help avoid the Prussian next attack.
And elite competitive sport is the exact opposite of being for everyone, it is for a tiny sliver of elite.