NHL players will get their remaining paychecks for the season, even as the league pauses play amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Friday that players will receive checks for pay periods of Feb. 24 to March 5, March 6 to March 23 -- and March 23 through the remainder of the regular season. The NHL's collective bargaining agreement contains a paragraph allowing teams to negotiate new salaries for players if the league "suspends, ceases or reduces operations" in-season because of "a state of war or other cause beyond the control of the [NHL] or of the [team].