As the 2020 year is coming to an end, we all knew the chances of an 82-game regular season became slimmer and slimmer. Many of us were thinking there wouldn’t be any 2020-21 season at all, and maybe there still won’t be.
But there were reports recently that stated the NHL is looking at a 52 or 56-game regular season schedule with a start date of mid-January. That’s not too far away, so if that is the plan, things need to happen in a hurry.
If you have access to The Athletic, there’s a great article that goes over the details here.
This is the only real news we have heard regarding a season, and it’s very tentative right now. The NHL and NHLPA have a lot to work through with not only each other but a pandemic that may be a lot worse by the end of December.
Right now, this is a week-to-week process and hopefully, we can start to hear more positive news.
We’re looking forward to Sabres hockey again, as long as it can be done safely.