The NHL is likely to skip the Pyeongchang Olympics unless something big changes in the next few months. The league's owners are still leaning against allowing the world's top hockey players to participate in the Olympics next year, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Saturday. "If the status quo remains, I don't expect us to be in the Olympics," Daly said. The NHL prefers to release its yearly schedule in June, which means a final decision might not be made until summer. "I think on occasion in the past, it has" produced growth in the game to play in the Olympics, Daly said.

Source: ABC News January 28, 2017 23:17 UTC