The NHL players said they wanted to go to the Olympics and so they shall. After sitting out in 2018, the NHL, NHLPA, and IOC came to an agreement yesterday to send players to the next Winter Olympics, which happen in February 2022.
According to the source working in the BOC, there will be 3 chatters taking all the NHL Olympians from US to Beijing. Two of them are on Feb 3rd, and there will be first time ever that NHL players could participate in the @Beijing2022 opening ceremony. @FriedgeHNIC @KevinWeekes pic.