After months of negotiations, the NHL, the NHLPA, the International Olympic Committee and the International Ice Hockey Federation have finally reached an agreement, allowing NHL players to participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics Games in Beijing next winter.
The NHL players will compete at the Winter Olympics for the sixth time in history after skipping the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. They, however, still have an option to withdraw from participation if the pandemic situation worsen or if the NHL season is affected by COVID-19 and the league will need to use the Olympic break for postponed games.