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[HoweHullOrr]

Will the owners want a 82 games schedule when they know for certain they might not be able to have fans or only 50%.

Recently Bettman said it might be a condensed schedule. He suggested 12 games (cycle) at a city then one week off for players to go home.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[HoweHullOrr]

^^^ Yes, just read that TSN article. They are considering a schedule with a lot of back to back divisional games, or 3 games in 4 days in each (divisional) city. It would only be a 48 to 62 game schedule though as NBC wants to finish by mid July 2021 so they can cover the Olympics. Who knows what they end up with. Its a tough situation.

 

[ACC1224]

^^^ Yes, just read that TSN article. They are considering a schedule with a lot of back to back divisional games, or 3 games in 4 days in each (divisional) city. It would only be a 48 to 62 game schedule though as NBC wants to finish by mid July 2021 so they can cover the Olympics. Who knows what they end up with. Its a tough situation.

Im sure most fans would be happy to take whatever they can get. Whatever format is decided upon, my hope is that it finishes early enough so the 21/22 season can start on time the following October.

 

[The Podium]

Im sure most fans would be happy to take whatever they can get. Whatever format is decided upon, my hope is that it finishes early enough so the 21/22 season can start on time the following October.

No hockey in October/November and likely December/January has been weird so far.

 

[HoweHullOrr]

Im sure most fans would be happy to take whatever they can get. Whatever format is decided upon, my hope is that it finishes early enough so the 21/22 season can start on time the following October.

Absolutely! I hope they work something out & we have some games and some sort of season.

 

[Fogelhund]

^^^ Yes, just read that TSN article. They are considering a schedule with a lot of back to back divisional games, or 3 games in 4 days in each (divisional) city. It would only be a 48 to 62 game schedule though as NBC wants to finish by mid July 2021 so they can cover the Olympics. Who knows what they end up with. Its a tough situation.

The Olympics? What's the betting odds that they happen? Call me a giant sceptic at this point. They'll probably be delayed a year or two. I appreciate that the NHL will probably work around this though, to work with their TV partners, that are optimistic... but probably will be disappointed.

 

[stickty111]

Lol?

 

[Chevboyarsky]

Lol?

Yeah I'd HATE to have Tavares over Hayes (wtf?), Toews, Backstrom and Kopitar at this point in their careers. The rest can be debated by age/selke quality defensive play etc. but yikes!

 

[kb]

Lol?

We all know how much better Kevin Hayes is than Matthews or Tavares. He may even get 50 points one year!!

 

[Leafs1991]

Lol?

Lets see, Hayes shouldn't even be there. Barzal, Zibby, Bergeron and Couterier too high. Matthews too low. Not sure I'd have Toews and Kopitar in there either.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Lol?

Jesus! As if we needed more reason not to take polls seriously.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Lol?

Latvia asleep at the whistle, forgot to vote their boy Girgensons in.

 

[kb]

Latvia asleep at the whistle, forgot to vote their boy Girgensons in.

They thought Hayes was Latvian I suppose.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[A1LeafNation]

 

[A1LeafNation]

 

[BertCorbeau]

Talk about starting your marriage off on the wrong foot

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[The CyNick]

Im sure most fans would be happy to take whatever they can get. Whatever format is decided upon, my hope is that it finishes early enough so the 21/22 season can start on time the following October.

Another fake season.

 

[hockeywiz542]

 

[Fogelhund]

Ok, not around the NHL, but still, too good not to share.

 

[justashadowof]

No NHL Without a Return To Spectators

I saw in Forbes NHL Team Values 2020: Hockey’s First Decline In Two Decades that the individual team share in national television revenue is about $20M per season. Some rich teams have large local television deals (Montreal >$50M, Toronto >$40M, Rangers ~$35M) but most teams do not. With a $80M salary cap, every single NHL team including the rich ones mentioned require gate revenue to be a viable operation.

There will not be an NHL season without full gate receipts.

You say the NFL can make it work, why can't the NHL? Well, the NFL's individual team share in television money is $260M per team according to that article. The highest payroll in the NFL is around $250M (cash not cap https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cash/) with a median around $217M and the lowest down to $152M. You can see the difference. The most expensively rostered team can weather the small gates easily with so much television money and many teams are actually still making a profit with limited gates.

 

[ManosArriba]

Even if the NHL decides to come back with zero fans again, I just dont see any games being played in Canada with the current situation. The Raptors were denied permission to play in Toronto and Ontario has that stupid no body checking rule in place now.

 

[LeafsOHLRangers98]

Even if the NHL decides to come back with zero fans again, I just dont see any games being played in Canada with the current situation. The Raptors were denied permission to play in Toronto and Ontario has that stupid no body checking rule in place now.

There wouldn't be 29 other teams crossing the border to come into Canada, and there would only be two teams playing out of ontario vs. the 17 that play in the OHL. Pretty safe to assume the same rules wouldn't apply to the NHL. Very different situations.