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The NFL successfully executed its 2020 draft virtually last week, and the NHL took notice.
"I believe we can conduct an effective draft virtually,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told the Philadelphia Inquirer's Sam Carchidi via email on Sunday. "Maybe not the same as the NFL, but certainly along the same lines."
Daly added: "We are evaluating the possibility of moving the date of the draft up into June. We have not reached a decision on that yet. Don’t have any more details than that."
The NFL 2020 draft was originally scheduled to happen in Montreal on June 26-27, but the league announced its postponement on March 25 as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.