It's gonna be real interesting. Teams that were playing well in March may or not play well in late July.

Watch for a Minnesota Columbus cup final lol, something strange like that.

its not a bad gamble considering the odds they would likely have....Shesterkin will be a Vezina winner by 2023 id bet a lot on that

I think the habs could be dangerous if Price plays at least halfway to his capabilities. They’ve got a nice roster.

They need to just cancel the season. Come back in late August and make it a long season with no back to backs.

Not a chance this happens. Just imagine they’re the only league that cancels. Baseball are starting again, basketball I think will come back. So, have Tennis, Golf and UFC. They will lose a lot of money. If they cancel, the cap will get hit very hard. Could u imagine 60 mill cap next year, how the hell will teams make it work

Depends on how the teams are picked, if its the top 6 in every division the rags miss

24 teams make it. Ottawa, Detroit, San Jose, LA, NJ, Buffalo, Anaheim are the team that miss

If you use the top 24 yeah, but when the idea first came out they were saying it would the top 6 in every division

I think that got scrapped. They are talking about 2 hub cities now with each one hosting 12 teasm

yeah the Rags don't even belong in the hunt.
I think what should really happen is that those who have made it 1-7 are in.
Then teams 8-9 should get a 1 game wild card like in baseball.
In the east the cut off is 81 points at 70 games.
So CBJ and NYI play it out for the last space.
In the west its 78 points in 69 games.
So you got NSH and VAN as the 8-9 teams that get a playoff.

Then you are right back to the regular playoff format.
None of this is rocket science. All the other teams are eliminated. at the cut off.

Guess what happens in this 24 team idea.... 8 teams play a 3 game play in series and poof they’re right back to the normal playoffs. 16 teams 7 game series.

All it takes for 1 player to get Covid and they're shutting down and I bet it happens with all terribly the country is handling the virus.

why should 8 teams have to play? 2 of those teams have already secured a playoff spot. and 2 are already out.
The only teams that should be playing are the last two teams for a playoff spot. And only if they can actually justify they had a chance of making it.
You take a team like FL, you give them 2 points to get to 70 games and they are still behind TOR at 70 games. They are out. They didn't make the cut.
I listed the only teams that have a legit gripe with cutting the season short and playing. If you couldn't figure it out in 70 games too bad.
These is no reason teams should have to fight over the last 4 wild card spots. One of those teams in each conference has earned it. No reason a team like CAR shouldn't get an automatic bid. And I'm not a CAR fan. It's their spot. at 68 games they have more points than anyone else. and did it in fewer games than CBJ. It's their spot. No need for them to compete for it. They earned it.
CBJ could legitimately be passed up by the NYI though. So they deserve to play off for it. 1 game, done.

What I don't see is why the rangers who at 70 games are 2 points out deserve a chance to play. They don't. They don't qualify.