Popular Post Hamhuis Hip Check Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Quote NHL, NHLPA reach agreement with IIHF to participate in 2022 Beijing Olympics Sportsnet StaffSeptember 3, 2021, 11:08 AM After missing the 2018 Olympics in PyeongChang, the NHL is returning to the biggest international stage. The IIHF announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with the NHL and NHLPA confirming the league’s participation in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. It's official! The IIHF and @NHLPA have reached an agreement that will allow @NHL players to participate in #Beijing2022! FULL STORY The NHL and NHLPA previously reached a deal for players to attend the Olympics as part of a four-year extension of CBA in July 2020, but until now official participation depended on an agreement with the IIHF and IOC. The NHL has already announced a pause in play from Feb. 7 to Feb. 22 on its 2021-22 schedule to accommodate the Games. Per Sportsnet‘s Elliotte Friedman, the NHL and NHLPA have the ability to withdraw from the Olympics if circumstances change for the worse. The league can also back out if NHL games are cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreaks and there is no room to reschedule. NHL/NHLPA have the ability to withdraw if circumstances change for the worse. Also, if NHL games are cancelled during the season due to outbreaks and there is not room to reschedule, league has option to cancel participation. Canada, the United States, Russia, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Denmark, Latvia and host China will participate in the event slated to take place from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20. NHL players didn’t take part in the 2018 Olympics, marking the first time since 1994 in Lillehammer that they were absent from the Games. Canada won gold in the last two Olympics with NHL participation, while the Olympic Athletes from Russia topped the podium in 2018. Edit: Edited December 22, 2021 by Roger Neilsons Towel 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 We finally get to see Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon play for the same team. 10 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Just now, -Vintage Canuck- said: We finally get to see Connor McDavid, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon play for the same team. PP1, who do you want to see? McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby, Stamkos, Doughty? Drooling already... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 This is good for hockey and never should have taken this long to get done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HKSR Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 Now we await the announcement that Canada is boycotting the Olympics... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) I found a poster from the 2014 Olympics that had Luongo, Hamhuis, Edler, Danny/Hank, Kesler and Weber - great memories! Edited September 3, 2021 by Fanuck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brad Marchand Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, HKSR said: Now we await the announcement that Canada is boycotting the Olympics... I'm sorta on the fence about this. I won't complain too hard about a boycott, but part of me really wants to see Canada light up China for 50 goals. Their team is ranked 32nd in the world, the next lowest-ranked team to qualify for the Olympics is ranked 12th. Imagine McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby and Makar skating circles around those guys, it would be a bloody massacre. Every other team in that group would also destroy China by at least 20-30 goals if they went all out the entire game. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Fanuck said: I literally just found this old Canucks Gameday Program insert yesterday in a drawer at home from a game I went to in 2014: Edler years ahead with his jean fit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Just now, Down by the River said: Edler years ahead with his jean fit. Lol! I was just gonna reply the same thing! hahaha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhuis Hip Check Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Brad Marchand said: I'm sorta on the fence about this. I won't complain too hard about a boycott, but part of me really wants to see Canada light up China for 50 goals. Their team is ranked 32nd in the world, the next lowest-ranked team to qualify for the Olympics is ranked 12th. Imagine McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby and Makar skating circles around those guys, it would be a bloody massacre. Every other team in that group would also destroy China by at least 20-30 goals if they went all out the entire game. How long until they announce the groupings? I would love to see this game happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -SN- Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 Great. I look forward to not watching them play at the Genocide Olympics. 2 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Who will participate from the Canucks? I’m going to say: Pettersson, Hughes, Halak, Miller and Demko. It’s going to be a bit tough for Horvat, Ekman-Larsson and Boeser. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Hamhuis Hip Check said: How long until they announce the groupings? I would love to see this game happen Groups are already out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament I brought up Canada laying a beatdown on China because they're in Group A along with Germany and the United States. I want to see each of those teams mercilessly run up the score. Edited September 3, 2021 by Brad Marchand 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhuis Hip Check Posted September 3, 2021 Author Share Posted September 3, 2021 Just now, Brad Marchand said: Groups are already out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament I brought up Canada laying a beatdown on China because they're in Group A along with Germany and the United States. I want to see each of those teams run up the score on China. Holy hell, i cannot wait to see that game, i bet at least 3 guys get hattricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JM_ Posted September 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, -SN- said: Great. I look forward to not watching them play at the Genocide Olympics. with our citizens in jail and all the other nasty crap the Chinese government has been up to, this will be the 1st winter games I don't watch. 1 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Hamhuis Hip Check said: How long until they announce the groupings? I would love to see this game happen they have already been announced. Group A is Canada, US, Germany and China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, JM_ said: with our citizens in jail and all the other nasty crap the Chinese government has been up to, this will be the 1st winter games I don't watch. Maybe next time don't arrest a foreigner for ransom on behalf of the US government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jaimito said: Maybe next time don't arrest a foreigner for ransom on behalf of the US government. sure, lets not follow our own laws and treaties. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podz92 Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 29 minutes ago, Brad Marchand said: Groups are already out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2022_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's_tournament I brought up Canada laying a beatdown on China because they're in Group A along with Germany and the United States. I want to see each of those teams mercilessly run up the score. And then the Chinese government arrests the Canadian team and charges them with spying...or some other fake TRUMPed up charges 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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