If the spikes in COVID-19 cases wasn’t a big enough hurdle to jump, the NHL is asking its players to defer another 13% of their salary. This is on top of what they already agreed to and would bring the total to 62% of pay for next season.
The latest on the NHL 2020-2021 season
The players have formed a much larger Return-To-Play (RTP) Committee this time around. According to Pierre Lebrun those players are believed to be:
David Backes, Darren Helm, David Savard, Justin Faulk, Lars Eller, Sam Gagner, Justin Abdelkader, Ian Cole, Zach Hyman, Ron Hainsey, Claude Giroux, Ryan Dzingel, Andrew Copp, Alex Biega, Chris Kreider, and Mark Scheifele.