from Tim Wharnsby of CBC,
The only way I see a turnabout happening is if the players begin to hold meetings with their respective team owners to express how important the Olympic competition is to them. It's a pie-in-the-sky scenario. But the only way Bettman changes his mind will be if the owners tell him to.
Imagine if Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa, who have worked so hard together to win three Stanley Cups in eight seasons, sat down with Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz.
Sidney Crosby could do the same with Pittsburgh Penguins owner Mario Lemieux. Anze Kopitar and Drew Doughty could take a meeting with the Los Angeles Kings' ownership group, as could Ryan Getzlaf and Ryan Kesler with the Anaheim Ducks' brass.
Bettman works for the owners. But he often gets his way by telling his bosses what they should do. It would be interesting to see what would happen if the players pleaded their case personally to the owners.
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