CP Exclusive: NHLPA rejects NHL’s idea of Olympics for CBA extension
TORONTO — The latest twist in the path of NHL participation at the next Olympics has hit a dead-end.
The NHL Players’ Association formally rejected the league’s proposal to allow players to participate in the 2018 Olympics in exchange for an extension to the current collective bargaining agreement.
NHLPA executive director Don Fehr said that the players, primarily the executive board, showed no interest in the idea.
“So hopefully we’ll still be able to conclude an agreement to go to the Olympics,” Fehr told The Canadian Press in an exclusive interview. “We still think it’s important and we’ll go from there.”