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Palm Beach, Fla. • NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says there's significant opposition among team owners to continuing participation in the Winter Olympics, and the league is running out of time on negotiations to take part in the 2018 Games.
Following a meeting of the league's Board of Governors on Thursday, Bettman said no decision was made regarding Olympics participation in 2018 in South Korea.
NHL players have competed in the past five Winter Olympics dating to 1998 and want to continue taking part, but there's doubt about 2018 because of the International Olympic Committee's reluctance to pay for insurance and expenses. Owners are also concerned about the midseason interruption and injury risk.