The Barenaked Ladies’ classic from 1998 may be in the minds of NHL fans everywhere this morning. It’s been one week since the NHL made the decision to pause its regular season in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak ending the play of the Montreal Canadiens and the rest of the league.
In those seven days, players have been allowed to return to their homes and self-quarantine before the season began. At the same time, both the ECHL and AHL have cancelled their seasons while the latter has shut down permanently for the year.
The NHL was hoping they could lift the pause by the end of the month, but it’s going to be a lot longer than that.