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Originally Posted by getbak

Earlier today, The Athletic posted the results of an anonymous poll they did with the players about their thoughts on resuming the season: https://theathletic.com/1795143/2020...019-20-season/ (if you subscribe)

They had responses from 57 players on 22 teams (5 contenders, 4 playoff locks, 8 bubble teams, and 5 lottery teams), so it's not a huge sample, but it's something.

From those players, 63.2% are in favour of resuming with some regular season games, 24.6% are in favour of skipping right the playoffs, and 12.3% are in favour of just cancelling the season.


Going beyond the hard numbers, the comments from the players show that the support is very conditional. They want to make sure things are done safely and that it will be worthwhile to do it. Even though a large majority of the players are in favour of returning to play (which is understandable), it is definitely not unconditional support (also understandable).

That is interesting to see. Would also be interesting to poll the players' wives.