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IOC, IIHF, NHL And NHLPA Will Meet Tomorrow

02/02/2017 at 1:25pm EST

via Bob McKenzie tweets,

As John Shannon reported, IOC president Thomas Bach and IIHF president Rene Fasel will meet face-to-face in NYC tomorrow with NHL/NHLPA.

It's expected Fasel/Bach will meet tomorrow a.m. in advance of early p.m. meeting that will include NHL and NHLPA execs, incl Bettman/Fehr.

No indication yet whether presence of Bach signals any change in IOC position/terms vis a vis proposed NHL participation in the Olympics.

Quite possible it's simply a face-to-face meeting for Bach to explain IOC pos'n to Bettman and for Bettman to explain NHL pos'n to Bach.

In any case, even if no substantive change in anybody's position, getting all the principals in one room, face to face, viewed as positive.

In meantime, IIHF has been working on non-NHL 2018 Plan B where countries/federations would only be able to use non-NHL talent.

"Fans want it; players want it; we need to convince Gary and (NHL) owners. I am hopeful. I'd swim across Atlantic Ocean to make it happen."

Other dynamic, of course, is NHLPA. Players really want to go. What pressure(s) might PA be able to bring to bear on NHL to alter OLY view?

A few more recent tweets on this topic from McKenzie...

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