Boston Bruins: NHL Reportedly Already Thinking to 2021-22

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MAY 09: A detail of the Boston Bruins logo prior to Game One of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at TD Garden on May 09, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

The 56-game 2020-21 National Hockey League season was one like the Boston Bruins and league has ever had to endure. The coronavirus pandemic that shut down the 2019-20 season, it changed things for the last two seasons.

As the Stanley Cup playoffs are closing to reaching the Stanley Cup Final, with their two Semifinal Round series coming to an end by this coming weekend. Monday night, the Tampa Bay Lightning took a 3-2 series lead with an 8-0…