Two months off? Or is the 2019-20 NHL season over?
It’s impossible to say right now, as COVID-19 has just begun to ravage the United States.
The NBA announced last Wednesday, very optimistically, “at least” a 30-day hiatus. It will probably be longer, as the NHL announced this morning their hopes to start training approximately 45 days into the CDC’s 60-day recommendation:
From that springboard, I spoke with a couple recently-retired NHL players about what to expect from player conditioning, if and when the league resumes play. Like so many things in regards to the coronavirus, a pause of this length in the middle of the season is unprecedented in NHL history.