{"id":1247102,"date":"2021-12-22T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1247102"},"modified":"2021-12-22T16:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T20:28:45","slug":"nhl-players-not-be-going-to-the-2022-olympic-winter-games-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/nhl-players-not-be-going-to-the-2022-olympic-winter-games-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL players not be going to the 2022 Olympic Winter Games after all"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a story I never wanted to write. Quite frankly, I am absolutely sick about it. However on Wednesday, the National Hockey League along with the National Hockey League Players’ Association made the decision that the risk of having the players participate at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing<\/a> was too high due to the current state of coronavirus, and the variant, Omicron. <\/p>\n A major reason why the NHL is not going has to do with China’s strict rules if a person tests positive for coronavirus. Under the Chinese rules, players would have to quarantine between two to five weeks depending on whether or not the players were showing symptoms. Among the players who either showed hesitancy or rejected participating at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in men’s hockey in recent weeks were Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner, Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, and San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson. <\/p>\n