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National Hockey League Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly will be among a group of League personnel leaving for Sochi, Russia on Sunday to conduct a site visit and participate in meetings regarding the potential participation of NHL players in the 2014 Winter Olympics."I would hope to be in a position where this is resolved one way or the other by the end of this month," Daly told NHL.com.Daly said the League is on track to present the concept of Olympic participation to the Board of Governors "at an appropriate time." He stressed, however, that present discussions among the League, the National Hockey League Players' Association, the International Ice Hockey Federation and the International Olympic Committee have been on a conceptual level and haven't yet broached specifics."Maybe when we get down to the specific level we might come up with a problem that might be difficult to resolve, but, to this point, we've been moving forward," Daly said.QUOTEBOOK"The big man, [Rick] Nash, makes a huge difference. Just watching them play without him and now with him back, he's that game-breaker and that guy that can control the play and have such an impact every shift he's out there; it makes the rest of the lines and everybody else look that much better. When they have [goalie Henrik] Lundqvist on one end and Nash going on the other it changes the whole perception of that team. I think they're still not firing on all cylinders, but with those two guys you can disguise a lot of things until you get everybody going." -- Brian Leetch on why the Rangers have won four in a row"They better not just be watching Sid [Crosby]. I think Chris [Kunitz] does a lot of little things well to be a good complementary guy to play with. He goes hard to the net, forces turnovers, is a physical guy, but maybe more so this year than others he has moved into that slot area and been a weapon with his shot. He's done that really well. As a line you better not just have two or three guys on Sidney Crosby and not paying any attention to 14 [Kunitz],Sidney Crosby 2011 Winter Classic Vintage Blue Authentic Jersey, because he's been a big weapon for us on that line in terms of using his shot in that slot area." -- Penguins coach Dan Bylsma talking about Kunitz's effectiveness this season.NHL players have participated in the past four Olympics, dating to 1998 in Nagano, Japan.Debate on visors continues to rageCarolina Hurricanes captain Eric Staal is rethinking his position on not wearing a visor after seeing his brother, New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal, get hit in the right eye with a deflected slap shot Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.The Staal brothers,Sidney Crosby Authentic Jersey, including Jordan, are among the NHL players who do not wear a visor. According to data kept by the League's Hockey Operations Department, the number of players without a visor this season hovers between 26 and 29 percent."Obviously when something like this happens it's a scary thing and it definitely makes you think," Eric Staal told NHL.com, adding that his mother and his wife have urged him to put on a visor. "It's something that I'm probably going to continue to think about and decisions will be made as it goes on. It's a scary situation."Daly said the League is in favor of mandatory visor usage but prefers to work jointly with the NHLPA on this issue. The Union, according to NHLPA Special Assistant to the Executive Director Mathieu Schneider, supports the right for an individual player to choose if he wants to wear a visor."But we regularly educate the players on the benefits of wearing a visor so that each player can make an informed decision," Schneider added.Daly said the visor issue was discussed briefly during the Collective Ba