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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Teams 20-24 will last 3-5 games then they can resume summer anyways.
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If I was a GM and had a player opt out with that attitude, he wouldn't play another game for my team. I think every one of the play-in series will be a crapshoot (except Pittsburgh-Montreal) and wouldn't be at all surprised if at least 3 of the 8 series are won by the lower-ranked team.
The only "summer plan" I could see a player being significantly disrupted by the return-to-play would be if someone has a big wedding planned for August ... but I'd imagine anything like that would be cancelled or massively scaled-back already anyway.
Also, I could see it being a tough choice if you had a baby due in the next few weeks. Even though they will allow players to leave the bubble for the birth of a child, there are other issues that can appear in the late stages of a pregnancy that I'm sure a player would want to be around for. Of course, I wouldn't exactly call the birth of your child "summer plans".