When the NHL season went on a pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Nashville Predators had narrowly squeaked into a wildcard spot and were playing some of their best hockey of the entire season.
They literally couldn’t have cut it any closer. Then there was speculation about skipping the 189 regular season games remaining for the NHL regular season, and just going directly into the playoffs with the current field based on point percentages.
I never liked that scenario, even though the Predators would technically be in the field. I was always hopeful that, if health officials and experts deemed it safe, that the NHL figure out a way to complete the regular season.