The 2019-20 NHL season is suspended, and the status of it ever finishing is up in the air. With the recommendations changing and ramping up by the day – if not the hour – it’s becoming a real possibility that the season does not resume.
It’s a disappointing realization for the Philadelphia Flyers, the fans, and the hockey world as a whole. The season was showing plenty of promise with the playoffs just a month away, but it was taken away from us.
If the season goes from being suspended to cancelled, here are a few ways that the NHL could consider awarding the Stanley Cup.