It’s now officially official. The NHL and NHLPA have voted to accept the new CBA and the return-to-play plan. Barring a massive COVID-19 outbreak either in the bubble or nearby, we will witness playoff hockey in less than a month. Training camps will open on Monday, with teams travelling to the hub cities on July [...]
As you know, July 1 this year was much more understated for us than it has been in previous years. We had socially distant Canada Day celebrations with no Free Agent Frenzy broadcasts on TSN, Sportsnet, or the NHL Network. So maybe this is a good time to take a trip down memory lane and [...]
According to Jeremy Rutherford and Scott Burnside of The Athletic, the St. Louis Blues have closed their facility over the weekend and cancelled Friday’s practice because of multiple positive COVID-19 tests. The names of the players who tested positive were not released. With multiple teams in various sports having players test positive for COVID-19, it’s [...]
Although the NHL hasn’t made a formal announcement, it appears that Edmonton and Toronto will be the hub cities for the league’s return to play. As well, Bob McKenzie suggested that Edmonton would likely receive the Stanley Cup Final portion of the series. So as misleading as this video from Alberta premier Jason Kenney might [...]
So… that draft lottery was a lot of fun on Friday night, wasn’t it? Regardless of your opinion on what happened, you have to admit that it got you talking about hockey again. And in a time when professional sports are hoping to grab casual fans whose usual favorite sport is on hold, this is [...]
If Phase 1 of the Draft Lottery was the only new entertainment we as hockey fans receive for a while, then it was well worth the half hour. The only outcome more intriguing than a placeholder team winning the first overall pick would be if all of the first three picks went to placeholder teams. [...]
According to Larry Brooks of the New York Post, more details emerged regarding the NHL’s return to play plan: Two-week training camps, with teams travelling to their hub city on July 23/24 before playing one exhibition gameThe Stanley Cup play-in tournament starts July 30Teams allowed 30 skaters plus unlimited goalies for camp, and 28 skaters [...]
Friday’s news of the Tampa Bay Lightning temporarily closing their training facilities due to COVID-19 should serve as a reminder that there is no guarantee that the NHL will return to play this summer. This news doesn’t mean that the NHL should shut everything down immediately, considering that this is only Phase 2 of the [...]
According to the Canadian Press, the Canadian government has issued an order that would allow a Canadian city (Vancouver, Edmonton, or Toronto) to serve as one of the NHL’s hub cities. This would effectively remove the traditional 14-day quarantine for any NHL players or staff that need to enter Canada. For more, see the report [...]
Now that the decision has been made to close the book on the 2019-20 regular season, we will begin to transition into roto rankings for 2020-21. Because the 2019-20 playoffs (play-in round) will not resume for at least another month, these rankings are in a place where they are not quite ready for 2020-21 fantasy [...]
