NHL participation in the next Olympics is looking grim. That was the picture painted by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly at all-star weekend in Los Angeles. "If the status quo remains I don't expect us to be in the Olympics," Daly said after Bettman delivered his mid-season state of the union address to media." NHL prepares for either scenarioThe NHL has begun contemplating two schedules for the 2017-18 season, one that includes the Olympics and one that doesn't. "All I can tell you is if we're going to hear the same thing I don't think it's going to move the ball."

Source: CBC News January 29, 2017 00:03 UTC