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As in Pyongyang in 2018, there are no professionals from the NHL in the games in Beijing. The NHL and the player union NHLPA announced as expected on Wednesday.
We have been waiting for this decision as long as possible and checked all available options to enable our players to participate in Olympic Winter Games, said Nhl-Boss Gary Batsman. In view of the profound interruption of the main game plan through the recent events in connection with corona, an Olympic participation is unfortunately no longer possible.
The NHL wants to use the time in February to catch up with tuned games. So far, 50 games have already been canceled because of Corona Falls.
Olympia dream bursts for Driest and Co.
The Olympic Dream of the German National Players Leon Driest (Edmonton Oilers), Philipp Grubber (Seattle Kraken), Moritz Silver (Detroit Red Wings) and Tim Support (Ottawa Senators) is also bursting as the hope of the Augsburg Nico Storm (Minnesota Wild) On a debut in the national jersey.
Memories of 2018
However, this prospect awakens memories of 2018: Also in South Korea, the NHL was not there — with the well-known silver Happy End for the German team. The then national coach Marco Storm therefore believes: Especially without the NHL players everything would be possible again.
National coach Toni Söderholm stresses: Even with the NHL, I would have seen opportunities for us. Now more can happen. He does not want to think about advantages or disadvantages: No matter who plays, we have great confidence. We have enough quality playing in Europe.
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