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The NHL is moving on from a plan to restart the 2019-20 season at non-NHL neutral sites, ESPN's Greg Wyshynski reported Wednesday.
Wyshynski wrote that the "plan never got out of the concept stages due to lack of accommodations, and challenges in staging and televising games."
Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet was the first to report the development on Tuesday. He reported the league was pivoting to "one NHL city per division."
"Teams from that division would be brought to this location." Friedman wrote. "And, it sounds like the plan is to complete the regular season—if possible.