With the NHL announcing they would not be allowing players to go to the Olympics due to the Omicron variant causing chaos to hockey leagues and tournaments all over the world already, every country is now scrambling to come up with their best possible rosters.
But some countries will have an easier time than others.
The rule, per a Darren Dreger tweet, seems to be that any player on an NHL contract will not be allowed to attend. That means no one like Cole Perfetti or Peyton Krebs, who are in the AHL but on NHL deals.