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After multiple discussions with the top hierarchy of the NHL Players Union over the last few weeks, the National Hockey League has scrapped any future meaningful discussions surrounding a return to play at venues in North Dakota, New Hampshire and any other true neutral site locations that were being mulled or discussed.
Those two sites in particular that were pushed by the NHL for weeks in private discussions, are said to be completely off the table due to little player support on such a scenario. The NHL has decided the league would just be wasting precious time in thinking they could get enough player support to resume the season at any neutral site locations the league has broached in preliminary discussions.
While any return of the season will clearly be at a select 3-4 venues, everyone involved is on board with that, NHL players are strongly in support of coming up with a plan that has the season playing out at actual NHL cities/venues.
And that’s where progress has been made between the two sides on formulating a plan to return. Any return is now going to revolve on playing at actual NHL arena’s. That has been settled in the last 72 hours.
The most recent conference call between the league office and the board of governors had more optimism than previous calls, a league source says, where the NHL outlined a latest scenario of being able to complete the rest of the regular season schedule or close to it in To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— There are five U.S. cities and two Canadian team venues being considered at this point. Who is being considered and who is not is based on data, accommodations to have 6-8 teams in place at once, but another factor the league is dealing with on who is being considered and who is not, is the lenience of state governments to allow pro sports to return near the NHL’s preferred timetable.
20+ NHL cities are getting no consideration for all of the above reasons as the league hopes to have a plan in place by mid-May.
Owners were told this week St Paul, Raleigh, St. Louis, N[hide]ashville and Las Vegas are at the forefront of U.S. cities that are being considered by the league. There’s no clear favorite among the cities while the league see’s where the modeling and data goes the next couple weeks. What all of those cities have in common is being in states with under 10,000 cases at this time, but more importantly low number of cases in those particular metropolitan areas/surrounding counties x the population they have.
League sources say a handful of owners in recent weeks had expressed a desire to the league in formulating a strategic plan to return to play in ‘right leaning’ To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
hahahaha! right leaning states…..yeah even the NHL knows it. only states with republican governors are going to open. the dems are going to hold on to the econominc collapse as long as possible. and for the record, i’m registered independent….
It’s not about safety to the Dems. It’s about doing anything and everything to get Trump out.
This is all Kris Letang’s fault… he did not want to face Philly in the first round.
I’m sure Fraud Murray was
Look at that crazy DemocRat Vegas mayor. That cuntt doesn’t care about people only cares about money and she wants Vegas casino to be open as soon as possible
Nice article. If nothing else, it gives some food for thought. I’m sure hockey11 will get upset at the thought of something other than a perpetual off-season, but there’s a very real chance that the season can be finished.
With more and more information coming out about covid, the possibility of finishing the season seems more realistic. Being quarantined is nonsense and states are starting to open things up. It’s only April. If people are allowed back in bars and restaurants by June, there’s no reason why gamers can’t be played in July, especially without fans.
I can just see the photos now…. players celebrating on the ice after months of hard work, most of them lifting the cup for the first time and skating around in front of… no one, just empty seats. Lame.
I watch hockey more for the hockey, not the fans in the stadium. Call me crazy, but if the Pens won the Cup, the party that would be ensuing at whatever bar or house I’m in and seeing the Pens win a 4th cup in this era would supersede the visual of an empty stadium.
I would love to see them win another cup. But have you ever watched a game with a dead crowd? It takes some of the life and suspense out of it. The entire playoffs would feel flat. I guess they can pump in some fake noise lol.
Npl should be used to it since his Florida teams have been Covid mode for last 20+ years
You do realize Tampa is 5th in attendance this year.
Montreal has been in covid mode this time of year now for the better part of a decade.