For every other team at the Olympics in Pyeongchang this winter, the announcements of their hockey teams are simple. They give out a list, maybe leave a few spots empty to think it over, and then add in players. Most teams have already finalized their rosters, with Finland being the latest to announce theirs yesterday.
The process for the Russian team, banned but not banned for systemic manipulation of the doping control process, is different.
On December 5, the IOC announced that Russia was barred from the Olympics, but they would issue invitations to “clean” Russian athletes and hockey teams would be formed from those lists.