As we inch closer to the increasingly unrealistic projection of the new year’s starting date for the NHL, the question has become increasingly less “When will the date be, if not January 1st?“ and more “is this date going to happen at all?”
Now talks worryingly stalled last week, but have thankfully begun to pick up again. But there are a lot of major issues following both the PA and the league’s ownership, and we have to make sure we know what's in the way before we can get to the 2020-21 season. So let's discuss the problems, shall we?