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Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli
#NHL players who are deemed by medical staff to "be at substantial risk of developing a serious illness as a result of novel coronavirus" will be paid for the 2020-21 season.

Frank Seravalli @frank_seravalli
Regarding #NHL players opting out from 2020-21: League "may investigate any circumstance ... that these provisions were intentionally used to, or had the effective of, circumventing the CBA" for salary cap purposes.


Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
An interesting twist on the expansion draft for @SeattleKraken: NHL teams submit their protection lists at 5 p.m. ET on July 17, and Seattle can start interviewing players left unprotected at 10 a.m. on July 18.

The Kraken have to finalize their picks by 10 a.m. on July 21.

Chris Johnston @reporterchris
Clarification: This applies to RFA's and UFA's left unprotected. Those players can be signed by Seattle before the July 21 expansion draft, which would then have them be designated the selection from their former club.

Chris Johnston @reporterchris
The entry-level slide threshold for teenagers drops to seven games in 2021, as @FriedgeHNIC reported, while 27 games on the roster becomes what a skater needs to earn an accrued season towards unrestricted free agency.