After many ifs and buts, it is now clear that there will be no NHL players in the Olympics in Beijing later this winter.

Instead, the team will mainly consist of players from the European leagues.

Loob disagrees with Rönnberg

But should SHL teams really agree to let their players go to the games in China, when the NHL clubs do not?

No, some believe.

Frölunda's coach Roger Rönnberg is one who has expressed his dissatisfaction with it.

- I will do everything in my power not to let players go to an Olympics when the NHL does not let players go, he said earlier this week to Göteborgs-Posten.

But SVT Sports expert Håkan Loob does not agree at all with Rönnberg and the others who are of that opinion.

- I do not want to see European players and players from the SHL and KHL say no.

The Olympics is the largest tournament, where hockey is marketed to the highest degree.

So make sure you get there, he says in Hockey Night, where Rönnberg tried to tone down his previous play.

- I have a sharp opinion.

I am a coach for my players, and the most important thing I do as a coach is that I protect my team and my players.

And the last thing I would like and the last thing I think the Swedish Hockey League wants is for infected players to come home after the Olympics, when the most important part of the season awaits, before the Olympics, with the end of the series and playoffs, he said, and continued :

- We do not want that in our league, and I hope that SHL are strong and really think about it and that people who are wiser than me and make wise decisions in this.

See Rönnberg develop his reasoning here.

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