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Islanders: What you need to know from the NHL's Return To Play Plan

I don't think I've ever been that happy to see Gary Bettman on my television screen. So today, we heard from the NHL Commissioner on the plan for the league to come back to complete the 2019-2020 NHL season.

A lot of it was things we already knew but we'll break it down looking at it from the Islanders' perspective. The first thing you need to know is that the regular season is over.

Not much of a surprise, but the regular season is officially closed and when play resumes it will be the 24-team playoff format that was proposed.