COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The NHL is "cautiously optimistic" that player participation in the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will happen as planned despite ongoing construction and various ice concerns at Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena, the main rink for the men's and women's ice hockey tournaments, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said on Monday.

"I'm getting positive reports about what they're going to do, what the next plan is, what the next day is, what it looks like, how the parties are reacting, et cetera, et cetera," Daly said following Day 1 of the NHL Board of Governors meeting here. "Today was a fairly positive day."

Daly provided the Board of Governors an update on the status of the venue, including ice dimensions and ice conditions.

He confirmed that the dimension

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