It has recently been reported that the New York Rangers and other playoff teams will start traveling to hub cities on July 23 or 24 before they play one exhibition game. After that, the 2019-20 Stanley Cup playoffs will begin on July 30 which will feature the qualifying rounds, according to Larry Brooks of the New York Post.
Despite was has happened recently with COVID-19, the NHL GM’s had a conference call on Saturday where they reportedly set these dates for the resumption of the season.
Recently, there has been a couple of COVID-19 cases reported which forced the Tampa Bay Lightning to shut down their facility and Phase 2 activities for the moment.