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Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk said that NHL commission Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly are doing all that they can to get the 2020-21 NHL season going.

There are a lot of financial concerns for teams, especially ones that rent their arenas.

“You’ve got 31 different interests. Many are aligned and many aren’t aligned. You throw the government and medicines in on top of that, you almost need an algorithm to figure out what actually will work here,” said Melnyk. “If (some teams) open the door up there’s a big cheque that has to be written to whoever owns the stadium.