PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The NHL did not conduct a vote or reach a decision on player participation in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics during the Board of Governors meeting here Thursday. Commissioner Gary Bettman did say that the governors have expressed concerns about NHL players participating in the Olympics for a sixth straight time.
Commissioner Bettman did not issue a deadline for when a decision has to be reached but said it has to happen soon. He said last month in Toronto that a decision would have to be reached in January at the latest to accommodate the 2017-18 NHL schedule and to allow the International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation to proceed with plans for the tournament.
"If there is something at some point to take to the Board, it will need an affirmative vote of the Board of Governors," Commissioner Bettman said Thursday. "I think it's fair to say that there is some strong negative sentiment in the room, but nothing was decided today."
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