NHL Players...the Olympics don't need any stinkin NHL players!

[DetDannyWilliams]

watching these IIHF World Championship games should say it all... the NHL doesn't have to send their players to play in the next Olympics in 2018, instead send the IIHF players that are playing in the Championship games to the Olympics that way we the fans get a full season of :hockey: without the two weeks off in the schedule. The NHL can have the All-Star break they can have the Winter Classic but Gary Bettman make the NHL STAY OUT OFTHE OLYMPICS! who is going to get up at 4:30 AM or earlier to watch :hockey: games anyways.

[DetDannyWilliams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dreger - NHL participation in the Olympics will come down to the wire. I still think it&#39;s a long-shot.</p>&mdash; WGR 550 (@WGR550) <a href="https://twitter.com/WGR550/status/830094895201259520">February 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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[mightysimi]

It's not even close to the same.

[DetDannyWilliams]

If the NHL doesn't send its players to the 2018 Winter Olympics, the hockey tournament in Pyeongchang will look familiar.
It will look a lot like the Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994, Albertville in 1992 and Calgary in 1988.

Maybe even a little like 1980 in Lake Placid, site of the ''Miracle On Ice.''

Russia might have Alex Ovechkin if he makes good on his intention to go no matter what. But the United States, Canada and other countries are preparing for life without the best players in the world.
If the likes of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Quick, Jack Eichel and Ryan Suter aren't available, USA Hockey will look mostly to the college ranks. If Hockey Canada can't take Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Drew Doughty or Carey Price, it will try to defend the gold medal with a mix of European-based professionals, North American minor leaguers and players from the Canadian junior leagues and NCAA.

The U.S. has a fresh set of heroes after shootout star Troy Terry, defenseman Charlie McAvoy and goaltender Tyler Parsons won world junior gold last month. Mix them with top college players like Notre Dame's Anders Bjork and Wisconsin's Trent Frederic and ex-NHLers Keith Aucoin and Nathan Gerbe who are playing in Europe, and the Americans will have plenty of youth and experience.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/hockey-prepares-plan-b-if-nhl-players-dont-go-to-olympics/ar-AAmPhCh?ocid=spartanntp

[mightysimi]

Can't wait to see the 200th best player in Canada take the ice!!