Prospective Olympians are seeing red flags.
With the latest development being that a positive COVID-19 result at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing for athletes or other participants could result in three-to-five weeks of quarantine, NHL players seem to be more and more wary of the risks, and now softening their stances on how badly they want to attend.
"That’s a long time," Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares said Monday of the determined quarantine period. "It’s a really long time."
Tavares, a father of two, didn't outright say it, but admitted that the threat of three-to-five weeks spent in quarantine, on top of the several weeks required for the tournament, has impacted his desire to represent his country at the event.