Chris Johnston of Sportsnet: Don’t expect a playoff format change as the senior levels are not interested in changing right now – no conference rebalancing or wild-card play-ins.
Stars to China next season?
Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News: Source saying that the Dallas Stars are one of the teams under considering for playing in China next season if the NHL agrees to go back over.
It isn’t set in stone that NHL will be going back. The Boston Bruins and Calgary Flames were there in 2018, with the Vancouver Canucks and Los Angeles Kings playing preseason games in 2017.