Working through the holiday weekend in the United States, it appears the NHL and NHLPA have together produced the framework for the league’s return-to-play action plan — and with little-to-no time to spare, as the initial steps in that process are set to begin as early as this time next week.
But while it seems that the dates for the initiation of training camp and the start of games are set, the hub cities — Toronto and Edmonton — are chosen (yet still not official), and the details within those bubbles have been established, everything, it’s been reported, is subject to agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.