When the news can come, it will be a month until the ice hockey tournament starts in Beijing.
Håkan Loob thinks that is wrong.
- You have such an incredibly late message when it comes to the Olympics.
Since you have until January, it means that a month before the Olympics you do not know if NHL players can participate.
That makes it for everyone, especially for Garpenlöv who is the national team captain, he says.
He's sure the NHL really wants his players, but he thinks the pandemic could make up for it.
- I believe and hope that it has to do with the pandemic.
You are worried about what will happen if you leave and several players become infected and you have to cancel a lot of matches in the NHL.
They know that it's their big deal and that it's a loss to go away and get players in the covid protocol.
But to be in the Chinese market, the NHL wants that, says the expert.