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NHL focused on flexibility as Dr. Fauci sets parameters for return of sports

It feels like the closest thing to resembling real momentum toward the potential re-start on sports and, more specifically, the 2019-20 NHL season.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the most front-facing member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and the top infectious diseases expert advising U.S. President Donald Trump, explained in a recent interview with Snapchat’s Peter Hamby that there is a “way” toward sports resuming this summer, though it would have to come under certain conditions.

First and foremost, filling up rinks and stadiums with fans simply isn’t an option in the short term and perhaps not even the foreseeable future, so all competition would have to be staged without spectators in the seats.