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The long-awaited return of NHL<\/a> players to the Winter Olympics could be prolonged due to concerns regarding the construction of the main ice hockey arena for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told Daily Faceoff\u2019s Matt Larkin<\/u><\/a> that NHL players\u2019 return to the Olympics after more than a decadelong absence rests entirely on organizers\u2019 ability to get the venue built in time for the men\u2019s competition, which runs from Feb. 11\u2013 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Depends on the percentage you want to place on the possibility the rink doesn\u2019t get completed,” Daly said. “If there\u2019s no rink completed, there\u2019s no NHL players going to the Olympics.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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Daly\u2019s threat comes amid real concern over the delays in the construction of the main arena.<\/p>\n

Local organizers told The Associated Press in October that the main test event scheduled in December for the 16,000-seat Santagiulia arena was pushed to a smaller arena and completion of the main arena will come down to the wire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But just last week, chief Games operations officer for Milan Cortina<\/a> Andrea Francisi told the AP that “there is no plan B” and new test events are scheduled until the second week of January.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“So necessarily we have to be able to organize the competition in an impeccable manner at Santagiulia,” Francisi added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first game scheduled at the arena is a women\u2019s preliminary round match on Feb. 5, the day before the opening ceremony. Olympic venues, however, are typically tested a year before hosting events.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not only are there worries about completion, but there are also concerns regarding the surface of the ice.<\/p>\n

The Athletic<\/u><\/a> first reported that the approved sheet of ice for Milan is roughly three feet shorter than the NHL\u2019s standard dimensions for a rink. While the NHL has no control over the construction of the rink, the agreement between the league, the Players Association and the International Ice Hockey Federation states that the arena must be built to NHL standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sources told ESPN<\/u><\/a> on Wednesday that while there is no indication the league will pull its players from the Games, there are concerns about the construction.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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