What's to rule? How do you stop @ovi8 from going? He has plenty of money and the league would be insane to ban him. Ditto other stars.
I'm told the NHL has directed teams not to discuss possibility of individual OLY participation with their players. League will rule later.
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When has the fact that it is insane stopped Gary Bettman?
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Referring to player-by-player cases. Like Caps saying they'd let Ovechkin go.
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The difference between Ovi being allowed to go and Ovi "mysteriously getting injured and suddenly appearing in Korea 2 days later"
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What happens when Ovi goes? Suspended? Just no insurance?
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he tells them that if they do anything he'll go sign in the KHL. He has all the leverage in that situation
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Could be. Bigger issue is the schedule doesn't stop, so now star players are missing meaningful games, unlike previous Olympics.
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but aren't the contracts with the individual teams, not the league? So theoretically the owners could make independent choice
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And we were all worried about Trump being a dictator and silencing people.
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