A New Year’s Day start for the NHL’s 2020-21 season seems increasingly unlikely, and commissioner Gary Bettman admitted as much when he said Wednesday that a Jan. 1 start date "is a work in progress.’’
Speaking to the Sports Business Journal on its "Dealmakers in Sports’’ program, Bettman said the league continues to monitor the coronavirus pandemic, and in talking to medical experts he is inclined to wait and see what happens after the holidays.
"We talk to some pretty highly placed people, without name-dropping,’’ he said. "COVID is going through a second wave, which could be worse than the first wave.