Nearly a month following NHL commissioner Gary Bettman’s outline of a return-to-play format for the Stanley Cup Playoff, the dates have been set for the return, with the hub city selections still pending. The tournament’s qualifying rounds are scheduled to start on Thursday, July 30, as first reported by Larry Brooks of the New York Post.
Training camps beginning on July 10 will last two weeks before traveling to the assigned hub city. More on the locations of these bubble locations should be announced in the coming weeks, but a tentative date for a return to hockey is a welcoming sign.