The Athletic’s Jesse Granger and Michael Russo talk about the NHL reaching an agreement with the NHL players' association and the IIHF on Friday to allow NHL player participation in the Beijing Olympics, and discuss how the deal came to be, some of the issues that needed to be resolved, details about the bubble players will be in during the games, which country should be favored to win the tournament, and more.

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