Potential playoff schedule leaked as fans await return to action

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Potential playoff schedule leaked as fans await return to action
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The National Hockey League and the Players’ Association are working hard at getting players ready to resume play with the hopes of getting training camps underway on July 10. 

The NHL is also hoping to get the season wrapped up quickly in order to prevent a huge impact on the 2020-21 campaign, that could start as late as January on a full schedule. 

That’s why Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman believes the NHL could have its teams play daily triple-headers in an attempt to accelerate the season upon its possible return.

“I was always told to prepare for triple-headers - that that’s the kind of thing we would be looking at, triple-headers on a daily basis,” Friedman said Thursday on NHL Network.
“I’ve been told that as it stands right now, the last possible day of the Stanley Cup Final is Oct. 5. So you can pretty much do the math, that’s something like 66 days (from the end of July.)”

We still don’t know which of the five remaining candidates for the NHL hub cities will end up hosting games, but the timing multiple games a day at the same rink may be complicated. 

There will have to be a way to sanitize everything between games and also a backup plan when it comes to extended overtimes delaying other contests. 

“If we do go two western cities, that’s going to be very interesting for TV how they do that,” Friedman said. “In theory, you can play at 1:00, 4:00, and 7:00 every day locally, which is 4:00, 7:00, and 10:00 ET. But these are playoff games, what if we go to overtime? We talked about the cleaning that needs to be done between games, maybe that’s not long enough a time between games.
“I was told to expect triple-headers, I don’t have any reason to believe that’s different, but I’m not sure how much time they need in between all of these particular games.”

Training camps are set to open on July 10 but there is still no date set yet for when the 24-team playoff will kick off.

However, you can tell it will be a busy schedule! 

Source: Sportsnet