COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told league owners Monday that he didn't believe construction issues with the Olympic ice hockey rink were "insurmountable."

According to Daly, the league's bigger concern as it gets ready to send players to the Olympics for the first time in over a decade is the quality of the ice in Milan, Italy.

Daly said the main hockey arena there is scheduled to be finished Feb. 2. The women's hockey tournament begins three days later, and the men's tournament begins Feb. 11, leaving very little room for error.

"If the players feel that the ice is unsafe to play, then we're not going to play," Daly told reporters after Monday's board of governors meetings. "It's as simple as that."

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