Even if the NHL does not restart its season until this summer, or at all, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Wednesday the league would not do anything that would hinder its ability to play 82-game schedule in 2020-2021.
The NHL ‘paused’ its 2019-2020 season March 12 due to the spread of the coronavirus and there is no guarantee the league will be able resume at some point. But Daly, a guest on The Athletic’s Two-Man Advantage podcast, said “the only definite for us is we certainly don’t want to do anything around a resumption of play this season that will impact our ability to have a full season next year.