One Step Closer To Hockey

The Toews Gif above is the general quarantine mood.

While last night’s NHLPA executive committee conference call got a little heated at times, and various individual players still have a wide variety of views on the NHL’s RTP format, the exec committee vote by team is expected to result in NHLPA approval of the NHL plan.

— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) May 22, 2020

Keep in mind, even once the NHL has an answer from the NHLPA on the Return to Play format, the league has its own “process”to go through, but the expectation is that an official announcement would come within a couple of days

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 22, 2020

From the looks of it, the NHLPA has voted to continue on with the 24-Team Format that we have heard so much about. There is no official word but this is one step closer to the season resuming.

This whole process is going to take time according to one report from David Pagnotta, we could see camps start around early-July.

Hearing the 24-team return-to-play format will be approved by NHLPA, but there's A LOT more work to be done. To put in perspective, if the rest of planning goes well, I'm told camps won't start until early-July & could run 3 weeks, which would lead to starting play at end of July

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) May 22, 2020

There are a lot of question marks and theories to work through but this is one step closer to normalcy. The NHL really needs to work out what to do if a player tests positive or if someone is injured and how will they be replaced if the AHL is completely stopped. It will take some times but once again, if it’s done right, we can see hockey back soon.

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