It looks like Calgary Flames hockey may soon be back on the menu.
The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun and Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman both reported Friday night that the NHL and the NHLPA have reached a tentative agreement on the logistics of a 56-game 2020-21 season, to begin Jan. 13, 2021.
LeBrun and Friedman shared some interesting tidbits about the tentative deal. Players will reportedly have the option to opt out of the shortened season, without pay, but their teams will then have the option of “tolling” their contracts forward one year.
For example, if Calgary captain Mark Giordano chose to opt out of 2020-21, the Flames would have the option of burning the year off his contract or sliding the remaining two years of his deal forward a year.