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NHL and NHLPA agree to pull out of Olympics
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I'm thinking a lot of players just breathed a sigh of relief.
They can use the break in the schedule that was put aside for the Olympics to reschedule games...
I wonder if Beijing will postpone the games. I know it's rapidly approaching, but I'm sure some press and athletes are not thrilled about the prospect of being in the quarantine overthrew for, what is it, five weeks? It's a shame, i would have liked to see the hockey. Would be some great games with McDavid leading Canada and Matthews leading the US....
Didn't they pull out of the tournament? I saw that a Canadian team is not participating in a series, but not sure which one...
I suspect no NHL'ers for any team.
A big concern is that if someone gets covid, under Chinese protocol, that player would have to stay in China for 3-5 weeks and there's nothing that the NHL could do about it.
So yeah my initial info was wrong. Julien will still coach (he was supposed to coach the Spengler cup) but the rest of the team will be canadian player currently playing in Europe.
Not official but it's a forgone conclusion. I predict they will have a World Cup in place of the Olympics.
Will this be the year Team Thailand finally gets a shot at a medal?
Few years ago they lost 92-0 to South Korea, but have improved since.
Few years ago they lost 92-0 to South Korea, but have improved since.
32 Thoughts: Without Olympics, NHL/NHLPA must plan for next World Cup
With the NHL unable to send its players to the 2022 Olympics, the league and the players' association must get to work on what everybody wants: a best-on-best international hockey tournament. That and more in the final 32 Thoughts of 2021.
This is a blessing in disguise for China. They begged the IIHF to allow their team to be in the Olympic Tournament, said they would devote the resources to train players to be good enough to compete. Except that didn't happen. If the Chinese national team played any team with NHLers, they would get lit up like a Christmas tree. So, while they'll probably get destroyed even against the weaker teams, it won't be as bloody or embarrassing. They don't have the mercy rule as far as I'm aware.
I know the NHL wasn't thrilled about the players going, even though the players really wanted to. But at the same time....fuck China.
Even our Canadian boys from the KHL will man handle China.
