It’s already the end of October, but we’re still in the middle of offseason. Sounds weird, but the coronavirus has changed our lives completely and hockey is not an exception. In a normal situation we would have watched the standings starting to take shape and began predicting the early favorites or losers of the season. But it’s almost November and we’re still waiting for our three restricted free agents to sign new contracts with the team.
The league’s representatives have several times mentioned that the NHL is targeting January 1 as the potential start of the next regular season.