Wednesday’s FTB: NHL closer to cancelling regular season

Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - JANUARY 24: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to the start of the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills competition at Enterprise Center on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri.On Tuesday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman spoke with NBCSN about the possibility of finishing the regular season and the playoffs that are currently under suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bettman hopes the NHL can finish the regular season and playoffs, but acknowledges that there might come a point where it is not possible. This is a new position from the Commissioner, who before now has been mute on acknowledging the possibility of a…