TSN’s Frank Seravalli is reporting the key dates for the rest of the season and the start of next.
The 2020 Stanley Cup Final will be hosted in Edmonton and tentatively begin on September 20. The SCup will be presented no later than October 2, meaning it might still be possible to swim in fountains if the Capitals are able to win it all again.
By Ian Oland 22 hours ago
The NHL is one step closer to returning to complete the 2019-20 season.
Tuesday night, shortly before 11 PM, the NHLPA announced that its Executive Board approved the new CBA, referring it to players for a full member vote.
The NHL announced new numbers on Monday for players who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
35 players in total have tested positive for COVID-19 since June 8, the opening of Phase 2 small-group activities. 23 have tested positive when returning to their NHL practice facilities while another 12 players tested positive “outside of the Phase 2 protocol.”
Nine additional players have contracted the virus since June 29.
TSN’s Bob McKenzie is reporting that the NHL and NHLPA have struck a deal on Phase 3 and Phase 4 return-to-play protocols, paving the way for a possible resumption of the season with a 24-team playoff beginning in early August. The NHL and NHLPA continue to negotiate terms to a new six-year CBA.
Once both are agreed to, the return-to-play protocols and CBA will need to be ratified by both the NHLPA executive committee and a simple majority of all NHL players.
The NHL and NHLPA are nearing agreement on a tentative memorandum of understanding for a new six-year Collective Bargaining Agreement and a return-to-play plan that would see the NHL complete the 2020 season with a 24-team playoff. TSN’s Frank Seravalli is reporting that “the deal is believed to be imminent” and that “multiple stakeholders in the NHL community have now been apprised of the details.”
TSN’s Bob McKenzie added that the “real significance of this massive agreement” is that it provides an “economic roadmap” for the NHL and NHLPA to recover from the harmful business effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The news comes on the heels of the St. Louis Blues canceling practice on Friday due to multiple players testing positive for COVID-19 and the NHL reporting on Monday that 26 players total have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since early June.
The NHL is pushing back the possible start of Phase 3, the beginning of league-wide training camps, until July 13. Previously the NHL was targeting July 10.
Sportsnet’s Eric Engels first reported the news.
By Ian Oland 1 week ago
The NHL has reportedly chosen its hub cities for the 24-team playoff and both will be in Canada.
TSN’s Bob McKenzie is reporting that Toronto and Edmonton will be the host cities for the postseason “[b]arring any last-minute complications.” Sportsnet later confirmed the report.
The NHL announced new numbers for players who have tested positive for the coronavirus, Monday afternoon.
26 players in total have tested positive since June 8, the opening of Phase 2 small-group activities. 15 have tested positive when returning to their NHL practice facilities while another 11 players tested positive “outside of the Phase 2 protocol.”
Congratulations, UNNAMED HOCKEY TEAM IN THE NHL’S 24-TEAM PLAYOFF. You have just won the Alexis Lafrenière sweepstakes. (Just please don’t let it end up being Pittsburgh.)
The Detroit Red Wings, the worst team in the league by far, tragically fell out of the top three while the Ottawa Senators, who had the second and third-best odds to get the number one pick, will draft third and fifth.
The NHL announced in a release Monday afternoon that the Phase 1 of the 2020 NHL Draft Lottery will be conducted at NHL Network’s Secaucus, NJ, studio on Friday, June 26, at 8 PM ET.
The event will be broadcast live on NBCSN and NHL Network in the U.S. as well as Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.
