Interesting read from the POV of Vlasic:
http://www.cbc.ca/playersvoice/entry...o-the-olympics
"What I was seeing was completely ridiculous. It was April 3, and the commissioner of the National Hockey League, Gary Bettman, announced that NHL players would not participate at the next Winter Olympic Games, taking place in less than a year in South Korea. And that the case was closed. At first, I told myself they had missed April Fools by two days."