We’re now more than a month into the new normal with the entire sporting world on lockdown, although it seems an eternity since the Vegas Golden Knights last hit a puck in competitive anger.
With the world still grappling with the COVID-19 crisis, there is no return date in sight for hockey or other sports.
That hasn’t stopped the NHL or major other sports leagues trying to thrash out different ways their respective sport can return when it is appropriate, and the ideas will keep on coming the longer this lockdown goes on for.
For instance, we’ve heard the possibility of the NHL expanding the Stanley Cup Playoffs to 24-teams, while playing out the remainder of the season in neutral locations such as North Dakota or New Hampshire was another idea that was floated out there.