A play-in tournament for the World Cup of Hockey is being considered by the NHL.
The NHL may do a mini-qualifier as part of the tournament in 2024.
The NHL and NHLPA are working out details for the first World Cup of Hockey in two years, which would interrupt the regular season in February of 2024.
The novelty teams from the 2016 tournament, Team North America and Team Europe, are not going to be brought back. Europe lost to Canada in the World Cup final.
The expectation is that 10 national teams will take part in the World Cup of Hockey, with two teams eliminated in the qualification round. Canada, Team USA, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and a team from Russia are expected to return. Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany, Austria, Norway and others are possible national teams.
The NHL would have a chance to showcase high-profile players that might not participate in the World Cup if the field was expanded.
You cover your bases if they participate on a basis.
The NHL wants to hold the play-in tournament at the end of the summer 2014–2018.
How to handle Russia's involvement in the World Cup of Hockey is one of the many issues facing the tournament. Russian players will participate in the World Cup, despite the fact that it's too early to know how they'll fare.
We would like that and our Russian players would like that. He said they would like to be accommodated in a credible way.
Taking a similar approach to the Olympics and having Russian players competing but not under their national team's name and flag would be a good idea.
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