This is one giant step in the right direction for everyone that misses sports. Friday night, the NHLPA voted to approve a 24-team playoff format as a conclusion to the 2019-2020 season. At this moment, this doesn’t include a time table to return since regulations compliant to health and safety need to be negotiated. The concept here is that these 24 teams will have the opportunity to be crowned the 2020 Stanley Cup champion. Now, there has been some push back regarding the number of teams included in this playoff format.
In this proposed format, the top four seeds in each conference have a first-round bye.