NHL Announces Tentative Return-to-Play Time desk amid COVID-19

NHL Announces Tentative Return-to-Play Time desk amid COVID-19

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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: A goal sits on the empty ice prior to the Detroit Red Wings playing against the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on March 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. Yesterday, the NBA suspended their season until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). The NHL said per a release, that the uncertainty regarding next steps regarding the coronavirus, Clubs were advised not to conduct morning skates, practices or team meetings today. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

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The NHL has reportedly released its return-to-play agenda, per TSN reporter Frank Seravalli, with video games starting this month:

Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli

#NHL tentative RTP agenda:
🔔 July 24: Journey to hubs
🔔 July 25: Exhibition video games
🔔 July 30: Qualif. round begins
🔔 Aug. 9: First round of playoffs begins
🔔 Aug. 23: 2nd round begins
🔔 Sept. 6: Conf Finals inaugurate
🔔 Sept. 20: SCF begins
🔔 Oct. 2: Final poss. sport of SCF

The adjusted season has also pushed back the 2020 offseason and inaugurate of 2020-21 season:

Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli

Tentative dates listed in #NHL and #NHLPA Memorandum of Realizing:

🔔Later of Oct. 9 or 7 days after Cup Closing ends is opening of #FreeAgentFrenzy

🔔 Nov. 17: Opening of practising camps for 2020-21

🔔 Dec. 1: Opening of 2020-21 unheard of season

All self-discipline to exchange.

The 2019-20 advertising campaign modified into paused in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, however the league announced a resumption with 24 teams competing in two hub cities. 

This agenda incorporates a qualifying round that will inaugurate on July 30, two days sooner than the first and fundamental agreed upon inaugurate date of Aug. 1.

Gamers are first expected to list back to team facilities Monday, with all personnel being tested 48 hours prior and each other day later on as allotment of the Segment 3 protocols.

Anyone who tests sure for COVID-19 must dwell out until 10 days’ worth of quarantine or after two unfavorable tests.

The league will inaugurate Segment 4 with teams arriving at one among the two hubs in Edmonton and Toronto. There will be a temporary turnaround before preseason circulation and then the video games that count.

Right here is a critical distinction from the NBA agenda, which is in a position to bring teams into its bubble in Orlando, Florida, this week and then wait almost three weeks before the main video games. 

Whereas the NBA is retaining eight seeding video games per team, same to the unheard of season, the NHL is leaping factual into excessive-stakes circulation. Eight teams in every convention will compete in most attention-grabbing-of-5 matchups to advance. The dwell four teams in every convention relish byes to the next round, however they’ll compete in round-robin play for seeding.

Based mostly fully on Emily Kaplan of ESPN, there will be three video games per day in every hub for the main few weeks of circulation.

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