UPDATE: NHLPA votes for further negotiations on 24-team return to play format

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by ricardodw

Makes sense to play Basketball in the summer.. It is in the summer Olympics.

There is nobody at all that thinks that ice hockey is a summer sport.

Does that really matter at this point? It’s about money, for the players and the owners. Put hockey on TV and and a number of Canadians will watch. Maybe a few people in the US too if their team is involved.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by tfi racing

Nascar is restarting on May 17th, with no fans on the premises, limited race team personnel, and strict compartmentalization rules in place. Yes, it is a totally different sport with already pretty much fully contained drivers and pit road crew members, but many of the same concerns and protocols to deal with those concerns are similiar and apply to other sports as well. Here's a transcript of today's press conference, thought some here would find it worth a read.

https://www.jayski.com/2020/04/30/tr...urn-to-racing/

Ugh, of course NASCAR would be the one sport to survive an apocalyptic global pandemic, further proving that it is indeed the cockroach of the sporting world.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Toonage

I'm noticing a lot of sports media outlets and personalities inserting a heaping dose of their own opinion into their reporting. It gets repeated enough that you start thinking they have a weird agenda, one way or the other. For or against resumption. The article above feels like the reporter had one thing to say and the editor had another.

You've just caught on to it now?

Everything is an opinion piece nowadays.

[dammage79]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

Ugh, of course NASCAR would be the one sport to survive an apocalyptic global pandemic, further proving that it is indeed the cockroach of the sporting world.

Nascar's last desperate attempt to stay relevant. Their brand has been dying for years. I love Nascar...or used to anyways until they started tinkering with points and segments and messing with all star race weekend AND breaking down the Daytona 500 into stupid segments too. They shot themselves in the face and I'm upset about it.

[Toonage]

Apparently the new plan is to try and play out of each team's home arena
(Also tweeted by Friedman)

https://twitter.com/user/status/1256238141435973632

[getbak]

I can't see that ever getting off the ground.

Not only does playing all games in a central location limit exposure, it also keeps costs lower to make returning in front of empty arenas viable.

[Toonage]

Agreed. This may be an olive branch to the players who have expressed concerns about being away from family, or at least part of the league's due diligence.

As noted by a few other reporters, the possibility exists to bring family in down the road and maybe thats the better solution.

[Flamenspiel]

I agree with the NHLPA and the players on this. The whole central location thing was basically a way of skirting health regulations in a number of locations. This pushes everything further down the road until it all fits in with the mandated timelines for each locality.

[Flash Walken]

Are they all going to play in their home arenas via hologram...?

Put NHL20 on the jumbo trons and have them play each other online?

Sneak across the border to avoid the travel ban?

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Apparently the new plan is to try and play out of each team's home arena
(Also tweeted by Friedman)

https://twitter.com/user/status/1256238141435973632

That’s weird phrasing.

Playing out of each team’s home arena just means return to normal, no?

[transplant99]

Well since there can be no groups larger than 15 in Alberta, this rules out the Flames and Oilers unless the start date is moved til September.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Well since there can be no groups larger than 15 in Alberta, this rules out the Flames and Oilers unless the start date is moved til September.

yeah unless the teams dress 7 players each, which is about all one of these 2 teams uses anyways...

[getbak]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Well since there can be no groups larger than 15 in Alberta, this rules out the Flames and Oilers unless the start date is moved til September.

Not to mention that more 20% of the teams in the league play their home games in California and NY/NJ and I can't see those States opening up anytime soon.

Massachusetts, Illinois, and Michigan have all been hit pretty hard too and I don't think they're close to relaxing regulations either.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by getbak

Not to mention that more 20% of the teams in the league play their home games in California and NY/NJ and I can't see those States opening up anytime soon.

Massachusetts, Illinois, and Michigan have all been hit pretty hard too and I don't think they're close to relaxing regulations either.

And not even just the state level, Detroit is getting absolutely hammered by Covid right now.

[standinmotion]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Well since there can be no groups larger than 15 in Alberta, this rules out the Flames and Oilers unless the start date is moved til September.

Well, I'm not sure about the groups of 15 limit actually. It's vague / undefined. For Stage 0, yes, it's still 15 people limit. However, in later stages, where restaurants can operate at 50% capacity, for example, does the 15 people limit still apply? I think that number will be lifted up to a higher point in July.

[dissentowner]

Lol, people actually think border crossing and group rules are not going to be exempted for sports? That is funny!

[troutman]

It's going to feel more like a Reality Show than the Stanley Cup playoffs, if they somehow return.

[powderjunkie]

Dumb, dumb, dumb. The idea is dumb enough, but letting it leak is even worse.

Public health authorities should have serious concerns about the NHLs competency in managing this.

[Flamenspiel]

It seems to be that this is one thing that there is a consensus on in the US, punting sports way down the road. CNN had a poll done. The numbers were around 85-95% for continuing to shut large events down.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Flash Walken

Are they all going to play in their home arenas via hologram...?

Put NHL20 on the jumbo trons and have them play each other online?

Sneak across the border to avoid the travel ban?

Just ask xkcd. He's got it all worked out: