While the NHL is planning for a return to action this summer, the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs will be played in unprecedented fashion amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year’s postseason will feature 24 teams, it will take place in two “hub” cities, and there will be no fans in the stands. Not to mention, the players will have suffered through an approximately four-month-long hockey-hiatus by the time things get rolling.
For this reason, the entirety of the NHL finds itself in unfamiliar territory, unaware of what to expect upon hockey’s return. ESNY was fortunate enough to have the chance to talk hockey and discuss these uncertain times with Joe Micheletti, one of the longtime voices of the New York Rangers and the NHL on NBC.