Will the best players from the NHL, the North American professional ice hockey league, participate in the next editions of the Winter Games? The question has not yet been resolved, but the answer could come sometime next year. Gary Bettman, the NHL commissioner, explained this earlier this week. And it made no secret that the decision would be taken above all for economic reasons. “I believe that the International Federation would like to see us present in 2018 and 2022,” he explained to the media during a press conference in Toronto. The question we must ask ourselves concerns the impact that participation in the 2022 Games in Beijing would have on the development of ice hockey in China, where the discipline is still in its infancy. By participating in the Games, will NHL players be able to help grow our sport? I don't know yet, but we'll have to find an answer. »
— Published on November 10, 2015
