The buzz around the NHL's participation in the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea currently seems subdued or possibly even unlikely, according to the Toronto Star. However, the NHL would be missing out on another golden opportunity to increase the worldwide exposure for the league and sport if they do not participate again.
Obviously there are many challenges, such as rising insurance costs and logistical issues, to overcome to get the NHL in the 2018 Olympic Games. But judging by many of the players invited to the U.S. orientation camp, the NHL's participation in the 2018 Olympic Games seems a very real possibility.
Many of those invited, such as goalie John Gibson and defensemen Jacob Trouba and Seth Jones (a combined one career professional game), are enormous long shots for 2014. Instead, Team USA hopes these players will gain valuable experience and become anchors on future NHL and U.S. national teams.
With that in mind, the orientation invitations shed light on the many promising prospects that Team USA has coming up in the pipeline. While the USA will still likely have many holdovers from the 2010 ...
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