Will the National Hockey League pull its players from the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy?

It's an open question since the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, on the outskirts of Milan, is still under construction.

And with the start of the Winter Games just two months away, there's evidently no backup plan if the arena fails to reach the finish line.

Should that happen, one league official says hockey fans should not expect to see NHL players hitting the ice.

"If there’s no rink completed, there’s no NHL players going to the Olympics," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told the hockey news site Daily Faceoff on Wednesday.

The league itself did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The National Hockey League Players' Association said on Thursday evening it could not provid

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