With training camp now upon us for all of the NHL’s 31 teams, and the season quickly approaching, here at Broad Street Hockey there’s an excitable buzz around the beginnings of what will surely be a unique NHL season. 56 games? Different divisions? Taxi squad?!
All of these changes will surely impact clubs over the long (though not as long) course of an NHL season, though perhaps the most interesting tidbit of that is the notion of the “taxi squad”.
What exactly is a taxi squad? Well we saw something similar put into place with Major League Baseball’s shortened season, and a similar concept will be implemented here in the NHL.