32 Thoughts: Without Olympics, NHL/NHLPA must plan for next World Cup

With the NHL unable to send its players to the 2022 Olympics, the league and the players' association must get to work on what everybody wants: a best-on-best international hockey tournament. That and more in the final 32 Thoughts of 2021.

Related Keywords

United States ,United Kingdom ,Brazil ,Vancouver ,British Columbia ,Canada ,Beijing ,China ,Minnesota ,Czech Republic ,Russia ,Quebec ,Ottawa ,Ontario ,Arizona ,Chicago ,Illinois ,New York ,Kamloops ,Tokyo ,Japan ,Slovak Republic ,Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania ,Winnipeg ,Manitoba ,Boston ,Massachusetts ,Indiana ,Toronto ,Washington ,Seattle ,Germany ,Maine ,Singapore ,Mariners ,Maryland ,Colorado ,Sweden ,Montreal ,Dallas ,Texas ,Medicine Hat ,Alberta ,Kelowna ,Canadian ,Swedes ,Slovaks ,Czechs ,American ,Paul Maurice ,Jennifer Botterill ,Keltie Jeri Leon ,Patrick Kane Auston Matthews ,Bryan Pike ,Jayna Hefford ,Victor Hedman ,Niklas Backstrom ,Sportsnet ,Brett Anhorn ,Vegas Jack Eichel ,Kim Weiss ,Jakob Chychrun ,Raffi Torres ,Lindsay Artkin ,Ryan Oreilly ,Tyler Johnson ,Jeff Hackett ,Alexander Ovechkin ,Tyler Seguin ,King Jesse Puljuj ,Patrik Allvin ,Amesh Adalja ,Adam Silver ,Gary Bettman ,Kyle Connor ,Allen Sills ,Connor Hellebuyck ,Rick Maese ,Timothy Liljegren ,Gary Mason ,Daniel Carcillo ,Torey Krug ,Larry Bird ,Crosby Connor Mcdavid ,Steve Yzerman ,Joe Sakic ,Brad Marchand ,Ben Guite ,Angela Ruggiero ,Jason Spezza ,Sidney Crosby ,Steven Stamkos ,Jim Rutherford ,Asaf Bitton ,Patrice Bergeron ,Marian Hossa ,Jonathan Drouin ,Team United States ,Team Canada ,Coache Association ,Los Angeles Lakers ,Twitter ,Olympics ,Espn ,American Hockey League ,Upper Canada College ,Johns Hopkins Center ,Christmas Holiday Party ,Health Security ,Hockey Player Association ,Indiana Pacers ,All Star Weekend ,Summer Games ,Olympic Tournament ,World Cup ,Connor Mcdavid ,Auston Matthews ,North American ,Darryl Belfry ,Professional Hockey Player Association ,Olympic Gold ,Hockey Canada ,Medical Officer ,Washington Post ,Nick Cousins ,Ryano Reilly ,Tampa Bay ,Winter Classic ,Toledo Walleye ,Kalamazoo Wings ,Indy Fuel New Year ,North American Hockey ,Tage Thompson ,Maple Leafs ,Jack Eichel ,Artificial Disc Replacement ,Disc Degeneration ,New York City ,Central Park Classic ,Flames Nation ,Holiday Party ,