Growing concern over the logistics of participating in a tournament on the other side of the world during the pandemic has led the NHL to decide to pull out of the Beijing Olympics.
A league source confirmed to the Detroit Free Press an announcement could come Tuesday or Wednesday.
Detroit Red Wings defenseman Moritz Seider already had been named to the German team, and Dylan Larkin (U.S.) and Lucas Raymond (Sweden) were also likely certain prospective participants.
In the week leading up to the Christmas break, multiple teams, including the Wings, shut down because of the swelling numbers of team personnel entering protocol.