Pierre LeBrun: Re-alignment requires board approval and an NHLPA vote.
“Should note that generally speaking, re-alignment requires 2/3 approval from the Board of Governors. So that’s what is going to be required from owners to approve this season’s package deal once finalized by the NHL and NHLPA. (and again, NHLPA’s executive board will also vote).”
- Pierre LeBrun: “I want hockey back as bad as anyone else, but let me reiterate: the Covid situation could still de-rail things. That’s the part nobody at the NHL and NHLPA are taking for granted.