Olympics to lack star power as NHL announces it won’t participate in 2018 Games
It appears the 2018 Winter Olympics will lack the star power of Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews after the NHL announced Monday it will not interrupt next season to accommodate the Pyeongchang Games.
Instead, hockey will likely be represented on the global stage by many players with unrecognizable names — think Brad Schlegel, David Harlock and Dwayne Norris from Canada’s silver-medal winning team at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
“It’s very disappointing and I feel like we’re short-changing some of the younger players that haven’t had that opportunity,” gold-medal winning Canadian goaltender Carey Price said.
He added: “At a human level this is a big worldwide event that the world takes part in and we want to shine our light too.”