According to TSN, there is a lot of talk going on among NHL players as to how they can save the rest of the 2019-20 season. From that came one radical and aggressive proposal. The idea is that we would see the league play the remaining of the regular season in July with the playoffs going in August and September. This would allow for an offseason in October and would push the start of the 2020-21 season to November.
The proposal includes a “full 82 game season on a condensed schedule” next year.
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It is believed that this plan has made it’s way to the NHLPA where it will be tweaked in an attempt to have it officially proposed to the league in the next few weeks.