FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2014, file photo, Russia goaltender Semyon Varlamov, front, and Russia forward Alexander Ovechkin, second, lead the Russian team onto the ice for warmups before playing the USA in a men's ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. Ovechkin and other players are raising doubts about the finality of the NHL announcement that it won’t participate in the 2018 Olympics. The Washington Capitals superstar reiterated his intention to represent Russia next year in South Korea, calling the league’s decision not to go a “bluff.”(AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)