ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - JANUARY 24: Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Enterprise Center on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs have played five games in nine months.
The NHL went on pause in March, and then in August the Toronto Maple Leafs gave us about a week and a half’s worth of entertainment, and we’ve been just kind of sitting around waiting ever since.
Now, I fully respect the fact that it’s difficult to set up a pro sports league in the midst of a pandemic, but the NHL had a very successful playoffs, and the NBA and NFL are both currently playing – and the NHL?