Without this agreement, (the NHL) can really take any player it wants at any time without any compensation.
More Quotes from Szymon Szemberg:
The IIHF at this point only registers the 23. The rest is not our business right now. Theoretically, the remaining players on each nation's Oct. 24 long list are all legitimate replacement players as far as the IIHF is concerned. Several nations have listed standby players and we do not register them unless changes are made to the original 23.Szymon Szemberg
He's disappointed. He felt that those comments were out of place. He feels that they could potentially harm the integrity of the tournament.
Szymon Szemberg
Whether this will threaten NHL's Olympic participation, only the NHL can tell. The IIHF doesn't have any interest in playing out that card.
Szymon Szemberg
This is the biggest stage hockey has. We do not want game previews to be about tanking games. This is not our objective. This is definitely not the exposure we want.
Szymon Szemberg
Everything between the IIHF and the NHL in the collective bargaining agreement would be void. There would be no NHL participation at the Olympics, at the world championships or a possible World Cup. There would be no transfer agreement.
Szymon Szemberg
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