Qualifying Round games will follow regular playoff rules — five-on-five overtime until a goal is scored. Like the Olympics or the NCAA Basketball Tournament, there will be multiple games from both hub cities each day.
Over the last few weeks, the NHL has been providing league-wide data on Covid-19 infections on a weekly basis. The round-robin games will be played with regular-season overtime and shootout rules. We've received your submission. The National Hockey League, better known as the NHL, has standard regulation play time of three 20-minute periods. Sitemap More relevant information will be available at that point. The NHL’s return-to-play plan also came with an additional component — an extension to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. Yes, there was the 68-71-game regular season to provide clues, but that kind of was last year, wasn’t it? “We thought collectively it would be better to postpone the media avails that both hub cities and clubs were planning until those details are finalized.”. The 24-team 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs will drop the puck beginning on Saturday August 1st. Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, Blue Rush: A NY Giants Podcast Vancouver became a front-runner before opting out when their provincial health authorities hit an impasse on the league’s desired protocols. “While we believe we’re buttoned down at the provincial level in Ontario and Alberta, there are still a couple of details that we’re just finalizing with the federal government at the federal level,” said NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 4: How to watch on TV, stream Tampa Bay holds a 2-1 series lead, but won’t have captain Steven Stamkos for Game 4. Carter Hart may not be Bernie Parent — who is? Learn the rules of the game in the searchable 2020 NFL Rulebook. I have been following the business of sports since I wrote my MBA graduating essay about the impact of salary disclosure in the NHL. “We understand as a league we have an obligation of some transparency with respect to the Covid virus in particular,” said Daly. And perhaps Alanis Morissette can help me out here, but isn’t it ironic that in the midst of a pandemic, NHL teams have never been healthier entering the playoffs/play-ins? Dennis Quaid jeered for role in controversial White House COVID-19 ad campaign, NFL legend sacks alleged intruder attempting to kidnap baby grandchild, Bruce Springsteen hits the Hamptons, shows off cut physique at 71, Wild video shows NYPD clashing with protesters amid outdoor diners. The hardest trophy to win in professional sports — that’s the Stanley Cup, by the way, or haven’t you been paying attention for the last century? Edmonton and Toronto quickly moved to the front of the line — and with casinos open and case numbers climbing in Vegas, the two Canadian centers crossed the finish line shoulder-to-shoulder. “At the end of the day, we wanted to pick two hub cities that presented really the best from a health and safety standpoint,” said NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly in a Zoom call with media on Saturday. After the NHL’s Board of Governors and the full membership of the NHL Players’ Association ratified the league’s return-t0-play plan on Friday, 24 teams are opening their Phase 3 mandatory training camps in their home markets on Monday. That limits the short-term clawback against players to 20% for the 2020-21 season and stretches out the money that the players will have to ‘pay back’ to the league over a number of years, until the financial ship is once again sailing under full steam. — had become more a test of attrition and stamina than talent. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Your Privacy Controls. Terms of Use The Rangers and Islanders stand on the ice during their exhibition game on Wednesday. And the champion will be a worthy one, as legit as the 2012 Kings and as legit as the reigning champion Blues, who won last year’s Cup after finishing with the NHL’s 12th-best record during the season. Bettman also acknowledged that he and Daly aren’t sure yet whether they’ll be in Canada for the duration of the tournament. … Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved But it does protect the base salaries of players who are already signed. ... then they'll be played under regular-season overtime rules. In the East: PENGUINS over CANADIENS in 3; RANGERS over ’CANES in 5; ISLANDERS over PANTHERS in 4; MAPLE LEAFS over BLUE JACKETS in 4. Despite limited options for practice ice and sweltering summer temperatures that could have seen players cooped up indoors for more than two straight months, Sin City remained a front-runner until near the end of the decision-making process.