It’s almost November and there’s still no sign of hockey. Technically, I guess, the NHL’s last plan is for the season to start on January 1st, but even signs of that are probably going to fade.
While there was a lot of harmony between the players’ association and the league to complete the 2019-20 season in bubbles, moving ahead to 2020-21 creates new issues.
From what The Athletic’s Michael Russo wrote last week, the situation in hockey for 2020-21 sounds a lot like what the MLB and baseball union grappled with as they, contentiously, struggled and haggled and negotiated with about their own 2020 season.