RELATED: NHL halts cross-border games through Dec. 23; mulls Olympic participationWith 50 games already postponed, there was a fear the NHL would be unable to complete a full 82-game season while also taking a break of more than two weeks in February for the Olympics.
The NHL’s bottom line is at stake with the league and players drawing no direct money from competing at the Winter Games.A member of Beijing Arcfox takes part in an ice hockey training session during a 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games test event, at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing on November 11, 2021. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP) (Photo by WANG ZHAO/AFP via Gett While the NHL and NHLPA agreed on Olympic participation last year as part of a collective bargaining.