For example, at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, New York Islanders top forward John Tavares sustained a knee injury.
Crosby said he was "disappointed" by the NHL's decision, announced Monday, to not send its players to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Sbisa, who played for his country in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, wonders why the Canucks and Los Angeles Kings will play pre-season games in China in September if the league won't support an Olympics in Asia.
"Somebody going to tell me, like, don't go, I don't care - I just go", the Washington Capitals superstar said. "I thought they were going to make a deal", Frolik said prior to Tuesday's game against the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.
Money has been just one of the stumbling blocks in the negotiations between the NHL, the NHL Players' Association and the IOC.
In other words, Bettman could issue a decree that any breach of contract by a player not pursued by his club would be subject to a fine of $10 million.
"I'm sure (the league) will come up with some kind of penalty across the board", Miller said.
"I didn't change my mind and I won't", he said with a quiet confidence. "You hope you can get back to it". But that's not a decision that rests with us.
"There are some really good players playing in Europe", the Chicago Blackhawks' captain said. There is no right to participate in the Olympics enshrined in the collective bargaining agreement, he said. "All they talk about is expanding the game, growing the game, especially in the Asian market".
Asked about a lockout, Toews answered that he "wouldn't be surprised. we're already hitting some road bumps with something like this, that we're headed in the same direction". "Olympics, that's what a lot of kids dream about".
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Fellow Swede Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators called it a "terrible decision" that he hopes changes.
"On the other side of things, I do understand the business side".
The quality of competition certainly will suffer next winter, but just what National Hockey League players can do about it isn't clear. But the league says the owners are exhausted of shutting the season down for two weeks to allow it.
After an optional morning skate ahead of Tuesday's game against the San Jose Sharks (SAP Centre, 7:30 p.m., Sportsnet Pacific, TSN 1040) there was skepticism from Canuck players about the stated finality of the NHL's position, confusion about how the impasse came to this, and anger.
"It's in their interests which should count according to our philosophy and this is why at this moment we are feeling so sorry for them", says Thomas Bach of the International Olympics Committee. "It's a relationship-strain issue, and the possibility that this causes a lack of trust from the players".
"It's disappointing for all the young guys in the league - Eichel, Matthews, Ekblad, the list goes on and on and on - all these young guys that are trying to make their mark on hockey and they may not be able to get their chance to on the global stage so that part of it is a little bit upsetting". Ovechkin said that until next season's schedule is released, this could all be a bluff.
"I think it's just a dumb play by the league", Swiss defenceman Luca Sbisa said.
"The decision is even more regrettable, as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) had offered the same conditions to the NHL as at previous Olympic Games, where the insurance and travel costs were covered". "So I think just worry about the Flames right now".
Sweden's National Hockey League talent base is growing, but that could mean a rough go at the Olympics, leaning on former National Hockey League goalie Viktor Fasth and forward Joakim Lindstrom and maybe young Philadelphia Flyers prospect Oskar Lindblom. Former NHL forward Mark Arcobello leads the top Swiss league in scoring, Aucoin is among the leaders in Germany, and former NHL defenceman Matt Gilroy and Jonathon Blum are piling up points in the Kontintental Hockey League based primarily in Russian Federation.
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