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Chara, Matthews keeping Olympic dream alive

TORONTO -- As the waiting game continues on an NHL decision for next year's Olympic Games in South Korea, three-time Olympian Zdeno Chara still harbors hope of a solution, even while clearly frustrated with where things stand.

``I think every player wants to be part of the Olympics," the Boston Bruins captain said Monday morning at Air Canada Centre. ``It's one of the biggest stages that any athlete can participate in and compete in. It makes it so special when you have your best athletes all over the world competing against each other.

"Any time there's some sort of interference, it looks bad on the sport and it looks bad on the people making the decisions.