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They should make the playoffs all 3 on 3 so they can practice social distancing on the ice.
 

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It's not a hard date but I thought I read somewhere they were shooting for August at the latest. Hard to think that the play-in round would be a best of seven if they start that late. Either way, I'm also assuming they would have to shorten the 2021 season like they did in 2013.
 

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They should make the playoffs all 3 on 3 so they can practice social distancing on the ice.
Let's just get right to it and make it true playoff hockey, what separates playoff hockey from the regular season? Sudden death overtime. Let's just combine the two and make it 3 on 3 first to score wins. We can knock out the entire playoffs in a day.
 

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Chicago one of 10 hub cities being concidered.

Plenty to figure out before NHL decides on hub cities - ProHockeyTalk | NBC Sports

As the NHL revealed on Tuesday, 10 cities are in the mix.


• Chicago, IL
• Columbus, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Edmonton, AB
• Las Vegas, NV
• Los Angeles, CA
• Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Toronto, ON
• Vancouver, BC

The Canadian government currently has a mandatory 14-day quarantine for people entering the country. That could affect Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver’s chances to host.
 

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I heard the borders are still closed is the bigger issue with canada. Do not know why Chicago is in the mix with the restrictions.

this NBA plan of Walt Disney World Orlando makes sense, which was why Vegas and Arizona make the most sense, empty casinos
 

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Chicago one of 10 hub cities being concidered.

Plenty to figure out before NHL decides on hub cities - ProHockeyTalk | NBC Sports

As the NHL revealed on Tuesday, 10 cities are in the mix.


• Chicago, IL
• Columbus, OH
• Dallas, TX
• Edmonton, AB
• Las Vegas, NV
• Los Angeles, CA
• Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Toronto, ON
• Vancouver, BC

The Canadian government currently has a mandatory 14-day quarantine for people entering the country. That could affect Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver’s chances to host.

Well what do you know -- no "Hockey Town," lol
 

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Well what do you know -- no "Hockey Town," lol
It's my understanding that many of the leauges, not just NHL, that are discussing how to do these things are looking for cities centrally located to try to limit travel as much as possible, and ideally allow for driving instead of flying to limit exposure if able. They also much have the capacity to oblivious handle large conventions since that is essentially what this is going to be. And from what I understand, something I hadn't thought about, but a large built in infrastructure of refs and officials if possible. And then obviously fully built in networks of camera men and such. Which with the fold of WGN sports there are probably a lot of guys out there still since Marquee and other stuff hasn't got up and running yet.
 

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If the blackhawks advance, they will earn it every round, since each round will be reseeded, so winning a series means playing the highest remaining seed in the next round. So a win against Edmonton means Blues.
 

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