Hockey Canada working on contingency plan for 2022 Olympics

It's a forgone conclusion that the NHL will be attending the 2022 Olympics, with the league, NHLPA, IOC, and IIHF agreeing to terms to bring the players to Beijing in February. The deal with the NHL included an opt out date in January incase the COVID-19 pandemic cause any hiccups in the 2021-22 season that required the league to cancel it's Olympic break.

On Tuesday's edition of Insider Trading, TSN's Chris Johnston reported that Hockey Canada is reportedly working on a contingency plan in the event that the NHL does opt out in January.

"It's interesting because next Friday there's a deadline for the long list of Olympic players and Hockey Canada still must consider guys playing in Europe and maybe junior age players just in the event [NHL players don't go]. The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association has until January where they can pull the plug on going over to the Olympics. In case that happens, Hockey Canada's quietly working behind the scenes on its non-NHL plans. Hopefully it doesn't go that way, but we could see some different faces in Team Canada jerseys," Johnston said.

The 2022 Olympic tournament is set to get underway on February 9th when the Russian Olympic Committee takes on Switzerland.

Source: Chris Johnston - Insider Trading

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