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Originally Posted by dissentowner
It would be a blessing for the NHL to go ahead actually. Bigger audience, new exposure to the game, no worries about schedule conflicts if fans can eventually attend by some miracle. Not having to compete with the NBA would be a positive.
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It is from the business perspective, but there will be a lot of political pressures. It is even harder for the NHL to resume because 1) we have a lot of international (European) players, whereas the NBA has only a handful and b) NBA teams have less players than NHL, hence less people to manage / isolate, and c) there are a lot more potential venues to host a basketball court, versus the ice rinks required for the NHL. The NBA has been mulling using Disney World as the
"bubble city", but the NHL will need 4 rinks instead of single location. Given all these logistical challenges, there will be a lot of political questions / pressures for the NHL to just "drop it".