I don't think it's a sure thing that US NHL teams will have fans back first. Lots still don't have fans for outdoor NFL games. Canada has been handling it better and socially distanced reduced capacity hockey games wouldn't be so hard to pull off. I just don't know if they will consider reduced capacity games at all since it's all indoor. Much different than a big football stadium.
I'm hoping for a January start with no fans and a plan to phase fans in over the course of a shortened season (reduced capacity at first) with a plan to have full fans back by playoffs. I like the idea of a Canadian division and baseball style series' of a bunch of games vs the same team. Seems workable.
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