from Jonas Siegel of the CP at the Globe and Mail,

Gary Bettman shovelled a little more dirt on NHLers playing at the 2018 Olympics.

Speaking before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final in his annual state of the union address, the NHL commissioner said nothing had changed with regard to the Pyeongchang Games since a firm announcement last month that the league would not attend.

Bettman denied apparent suggestions from the International Ice Hockey Federation and NHL Players’ Association that it was still an “open issue.”

“It is not and has not been,” said Bettman. “I hope that was definitive enough.”

continued, includes more from the press conference...