The planning and rumbling for an NHL Return To Play continue, with some sort of drama apparently removing Vancouver from the running as a “hub city.” (This drama has been very feverishly reported in Canada.)
The NHL will also hold its draft lottery, part 1, today.
- Ilya Sorokin has been “ready to sign for weeks,” it’s just a question of whether he can and under what terms thanks to the NHL’s hardline stance. But if it doesn’t work out now, a delayed 2020-21 season might not hurt things. [Athletic]
- Arthur Staple held a chat with readers at the Athletic and only every other question was about Mathew Barzal’s next contract or Sorokin’s chance of signing a first one.