Bleacher Report · Apr 28, 2020
NHL Rumors: 2020-21 Season Start Could Be Delayed Until December
NHL RumorsNick Wass/Associated Press
As the NHL continues to contemplate how and when to complete the 2019-2020 season, the league is considering a plan that wouldn't push the start of the 2020-21 season back to December.
Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic notes nothing has been decided yet, but the idea has traction as it would allow for the completion of a full 82-game season with drastic rescheduling:
"Wiping out All-Star weekend, the bye weeks, shortening the Christmas holiday break and basically tightening the entire schedule matrix wherever possible. The result would push the regular season into May and playoffs into July."