CDM: Could Juraj Slafkovsky’s criticism be the reason for his absence?

As some of you may have noticed, the World Hockey Championship kicked off today (Friday).
Heineman did very well in his match against Slovakia.
The Slovaks could very well have benefited from the services of Juraj Slafkovsky, but the latter is not taking part in the tournament, which is rather curious.
Earlier today, Maxime Truman wrote an article about Slaf’s and Cole Caufield’s (much-discussed) absences from the CDM.
After saying he won’t be taking part in the Worlds, Slaf sa