Buried in the excitement of the first round of the draft, the National Hockey League released new information pertaining to the beginning of the 2020-21 season on Tuesday.
In fact, the new season won’t have a single regular season game in 2020, as the NHL and NHL Players Association announced an agreement to push back the season start date to January 1st, 2021.
In a press conference prior to kicking off the NHL Entry Draft, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman expressed belief that pushing back the start date (originally slated for December 1st, 2020) would allow the league to have as normal a season as possible.