Slava Malamud: Alexei Shevchenko of Sport-Express reports that Russian NHLers have told him that the NHL has a backup schedule that has an Olympic break.
Elliotte Friedman: Players that are signed to AHL-only contracts maybe eligible to play in the Olympics.
Elliotte Friedman: NHL GMs were thinking that players who have signed two-way contracts wouldn’t be eligible. Still waiting on final ruling by the league.
Ken Campbell: “For what it’s worth, I’ve been told by people both on NHL and players’ side there’s no way the NHL is going to 2018 Olympics.