NHL Return-to-Play Plan: Could Changes to This Season’s Schedule Become Permanent?
With this season potentially being pushed into October, a December, maybe January start to next season could push the 2021-22 Stanley Cup Final into July. There is some talk that a later finish could become the norm.
Looking Back at the Last Time A Pandemic Halted the NHL Season
Just over a hundred years ago, the NHL canceled the 1919 Stanley Cup Final between the Montreal Canadiens and the Seattle Metropolitans because of flu pandemic.