As The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun and TSN’s Frank Seravalli have reported, the National Hockey League, faced a time crunch between now and their originally targeted season start date of January 1st, have been in discussion with the NHL Player’s Association to potentially push back the start date for the 2020-21 season, with a new drop-puck target of around January 15th.
Development: Sources say #NHL shared draft schedules with #NHLPA on Thursday, one including a 56-game regular season for 2021.
Drafts were based on Jan.