The NHL had every reason to shut down the season in some form or another — and they basically did with over four dozen games postponed in this month alone — but they’ve very seriously tried to keep January 1st and early February alive through postponements.
Nothing definitive, but several team executives seem pretty confident the NHL All-Star game will still happen in Vegas. Multiple people said, “follow the money” on that, especially with league losing more potential gate revenue in Canada
— Sean Shapiro (@seanshapiro) December 21, 2021
The Winter Classic is set to be played on New Year’s Day and has always been vital to ticket revenues, even though the TV product is usually pretty bad.