LeHab
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IOC confirmed there is no 3 or 5 week quarantine for vaccinated athletes. Once players test negative they will be allowed to leave China.
Olympics: NHL participation in the 2022 Olympics
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IOC confirmed there is no 3 or 5 week quarantine for vaccinated athletes. Once players test negative they will be allowed to leave China.
The decision is logical from the NHL perspective. Under current circumstances, they are going to have big difficulties to even complete the season. The Olympic participation would likely spoil their season completely. I only hope they are going to plan something earlier than in 2026, be it a tournament taking place in the NA (but with no gimmick teams, please).
They conveniently cancelled games so they ”would have to” cancel their OG participation.
This OG has been an eyesore to nhl execs ever since they agreed to release their players for the olympics under the last CBA. They were just looking for a reason.
This is a conspiracy theory. They had to cancel the games due to their own COVID rules, which were set in coordination with healthcare authorities and so on.
I still see the entire Olympics not taking place at all as a real possibility, COVID cases (fortunately not so much severe cases and deaths) are increasing once again across the world, and sctrict quarantine rules still do apply in most of countries. We will likely see countries abandoning these policies during the upcoming year, and players (athletes) tested positive but perceiving no symptoms will be allowed to complete, just like if they had flu or something like that. But for now, the situation is as it is. It is absurd to suspect NHL of "making up stories" about players tested positive.
Say whatever the f*** you want there is No way I’d ever buy this shit about the quarantine rules it’s about money.
Mathieukferland
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The IIHF president said there was no quarentine, they had their own procedures to get the hockey players out of the country if they tested positive with private transport
Dessloch
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"Its a joke, we are going to live with this virus for a long time, we cant keep doing this" - Nicklas Backstrom. - on the players being banned from going to olympics.
NHL-svenskarna om OS-beskedet: ”Ett skämt”
NHL-svenskarna om OS-beskedet: ”Ett skämt”
Yeah, this is my opinion as well. At the same time, if the players really wanted to go so desperately, they could just say "sorry, NHL, we are striking from now on, and heading to Beijing". Nobody would try to stop them with a gun in their hand from driving to the airport. So one thing is what players are saying, what they are really willing to risk for their dream to come true is a different thing. In my opinion, the best thing they can do now is to sit down with the NHL bosses and say "ok, we respect your decision, but we want a best-on-best tournament next year, let's start planning."
jj cale
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That is exactly what has to happen. If there is one thing out of this mess that should become crystal clear is the need for a new revamped World cup to be organized with co-operation between the N.H.L and the IIHF. A tournament with a mix of NHL and IIHF refs and rotated between North America and Europe on a 4 year basis. Toss the olympics and NHL only run world cup into the wastebasket and start a new standard for International hockey. That should be something the NHLPA really pushes for if they want a regular best on best International competition where they can represent their country and that can be relied upon on a consistent basis.
Yeah, exactly. NHLPA and the players themselves should use this situation to really push this idea forward. Regular World Cup as a joint event of the NHL and IIHF, with no gimmick pseudo-teams, taking place in traditional hockey countries, involving the best NHL and European players. I believe most of the players would like this idea together with fans around the hockey world. The main reason why both players and fans were "meh" about the 2016 World Cup were the gimmick teams.
jj cale
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I've been crowing about this for what seems like 2 decades now. What frustrates me about the NHL(and the players) the most is what little vision they seem to have when it comes to international hockey. The idea we are talking about right here could turn into a great new tradition for the sport and could potentially pay off with more growth in the rest of europe that the NHL could take advantage of. What growth there is for the game is probably in Europe and the U.S and I think this idea would go a long way in addressing the former.
It gets very frustrating to watch what they attempt, and worse, what they don't attempt.
If it's true they're not going, it's shameless and gutless by the NHL (as usual, one might add), pukeworthy all around.
This is supposed to be the toughest sport? More like the softest, apparently. Played by porcelain cry-babies.
Alexander the Great 8 may best prove his greatness if he boycotts the boycott, and hopefully as many players as possible join him, so as to invalidate the stupid NHL regular season.
This is supposed to be the toughest sport? More like the softest, apparently. Played by porcelain cry-babies.
Alexander the Great 8 may best prove his greatness if he boycotts the boycott, and hopefully as many players as possible join him, so as to invalidate the stupid NHL regular season.
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Is what it is. If this Omicron virus hadn't sprung up then they probably go. The entire Olympics could possibly be postponed anyways.
Olympic ice hockey is as old as the NHL and a major source of income to the international game, it's not going anywhere regardless of whether the NHL participates or not.
jj cale
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Well of course it's not going anywhere, but if we want to have the best players playing against each other on a regular basis in an international tournament we should start considering some different options for the future other then the olympics because as we all know that does not seem to be working out all that well.
You don't agree? Think it's better to just accept the status quo?
The World Cup could exist as an additional tournament two years after the Olympics, but considering that the NHL is rather hostile towards the Olympics as well as the World Championships I'm not sure what reason the IIHF would have to cooperate unless the money is very good (which it hasn't been until now).
jj cale
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Haven't seen them be hostile towards the WHC much at all, the players on the other hand.
According to the Associated Press in the United States, the NHL will announce its withdrawal from the 2022 Olympics today (Wednesday). Under the collective bargaining agreement, the owners will invoke their right to withdraw if participation would prevent or limit the remainder of the season. The owners are staking their position on their contention that participation would cause too many cancellations of NHL games, and they would lose too much money to make it worthwhile to continue. Whether the fans would like to see the competition is of no significance whatsoever. The money market of world hockey is limited to North America, and it is no longer seen as being worthwhile to cultivate interest in the sport in Europe or Asia.
jj cale
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I really wanted this competition to happen but considering the circumstances it's probably the right call, everything is just too much of a mess right now.
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