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The NHL and the NHL Player’s Association have reached a tentative deal to play a 56-game season beginning on January 13, 2021.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed an agreement is pending a vote by the NHL Board of Governors and the NHLPA.
Due to the continuing health concerns caused by the coronavirus pandemic the 2020-2021 season has been delayed.
“Right now, we’re focused on whether or not we’re going to play in our buildings and do some limited traveling or play in a bubble, and that’s something we’re working on and getting medical advice on,” Bettman said, per NHL.com’s Nicholas J. Cotsonika. “We don’t think we can conduct an entire regular season that way. But circumstances, depending on where COVID[-19] is spiking and where the medical system is being taxed at any given time, may require us to adjust.”
Games will be within realigned divisions only, with the seven Canadian based teams forming their own division.
“The biggest challenge is making sure that our players and supporting personnel are safe and healthy and making sure that we’re not doing anything that puts the communities in which we’re playing at risk either in terms of spreading COVID or taking medical resources, whether it’s testing or vaccinations,” Commissioner Bettman said.
“We understand what is vitally important to each community and to the health and welfare of each community, and we don’t want to do anything that would interfere with that. But everything that we’re doing and working on with the Players’ Association starts with keeping the players and the communities in which we play safe and healthy.”
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