The NHL has delayed the start of Phase 3, when training camps would formally start, from no sooner than July 10 to no sooner than July 13, while negotiations between the league and the NHLPA on finalizing the Return to Play agreement and a brand spanking new CBA, which would reportedly keep the labor peace until the end of the 2025-26 season, continue in earnest.
By all accounts the two hub cities for the postseason will be Edmonton and Toronto, with the Florida Panthers and New York Islanders best-of-five series most likely taking place at Scotiabank Arena in the so-called Center of the Hockey Universe.