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Slava Malamud @SlavaMalamud Jul 18
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According to Sport-Express writer Alexei Shevchenko, RUS NHLers have told him the league has a backup schedule with an Olympic break.
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According to Shevchenko, the league is facing a fierce pushback from, among others, Sidney Crosby on Olympic participation, may yet cave.
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There was a discussion about this yesterday on the Fan 960 - someone had touched base with Elliott Friedman after Slava's tweet - but Elliott said he doesn't see anything to it - pretty sure the NHL isn't going. There is some talk apparently about letting NHL teams send their AHL guys if asked.