NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, right, and player's association executive director Donald Fehr say the decision is still months away on whether NHLers will play in the 2018 Olypmics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. ( Gene J. Puskar / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS )On the eve of staging their own international tournament that will pit best on best, the leaders of the NHL and NHL Players’ Association are weighing the pros and cons of returning to the Winter Olympics in 2018. “It’s not good to shut down, the question is whether or not it’s worth it to go to the Olympics,” NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told The Canadian Press in a recent interview. Bach, who took over the IOC presidency shortly before the 2014 Olympics, is evidently opposed to “special subsidies” of that kind. “So we’ll have to see.” The NHL and NHLPA are reviving the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto next month.

Source: thestar August 23, 2016 21:45 UTC