'Possibility’ that NHL players won't be going to Winter Olympics after all, Bill Daly warns

'If there’s no rink completed, there’s no NHL players going to the Olympics,' deputy commissioner Bill Daly said

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Hockey fans have waited more than a decade to see NHL players return to the Winter Olympics – and, in a shocking turn of events, they might have to wait even longer. Article content

Despite the much-heralded announcement that the stars of the NHL would return to the Games at the 2026 Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy, a major roadblock has been put in the way just three months before players are set to take the ice. Article content Article content

That roadblock: The rink has yet to be completed and Games organizers are unsure if it will be done in time.

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly was asked by Matt Larkin of the Daily Faceoff about the rink is