Brian Burke says likely no more hockey in 2020

[Jussi]

The NBA is hell bent on finishing the season. Whenever that may be. The NHL will do the same. Cuban has encouraging news:

Mavs' Cuban hopeful for mid-May NBA return

That's not news, that's wishful thinking. Ffs, even the link says "Cuban HOPEFUL"..

 

[Hockeyholic]

NBA I believe is more concerned about the playoffs than having a 82 game regular season for 20-21. Think they'd trade off a 60 game or fewer 20-21 regular season for playoffs that go until August or even September. Start their 20-21 season closer to Xmas.

NHL can do the same.

 

[Pyrophorus]

If the virus follows the same path as 1919, then Burke could be right.

 

[ovythegiraffe]

NBA I believe is more concerned about the playoffs than having a 82 game regular season for 20-21. Think they'd trade off a 60 game or fewer 20-21 regular season for playoffs that go until August or even September. Start their 20-21 season closer to Xmas.

From a purely sports angle this would make sense, but not so much financially. Playoffs take two months and have about 100 games, while in regular season you'd have 450 games in that amount of time. At least the non playoff teams would take a huge loss, so doubt they'll be ok with it

 

[Paul4587]

I hate to agree but Burke is probably right. It’s a damn shame but I can’t see this thing getting better anytime soon.

 

[BlueBaron]

I think you missed the point. That poster's talking about the economic devastation of such a a shut down being a bigger issue for people, not that they would stop caring about sports due to the time off

So you don't think that was covered by my collapse of civilization remark?

 

[North Cole]

Great rebuttal.

He didnt need one, that other comment was just as ignorant as it claimed his was.

The irony of his rhetorical question is enough of a rebuttal.

 

[Regal]

So you don't think that was covered by my collapse of civilization remark?

I think there's a place between 2 months ago and the collapse of civilization where sports becomes secondary to many people.

 

[SA16]

I always find the people who like to brag about being into the worst possible outcome very odd. He sounds like a poster who is insistent player X has very low trade value that way when player X gets traded he can't be disappointed by the return.

 

[yeaher]

Sports stars are going to be getting a pay cut across pretty much all leagues for the foreseeable future, because pretty much everyone is; it is a good thing though, as a sports lover, they occupy too much of a lot of peoples' time considering they really do not matter at all in the big scheme of things as evidence by the virus. The world goes on just fine without sports.

 

[Justshootmore]

If businesses shut down until 2021, not one person on this forum is going to care about about hockey in 8 months.

To be fair, even now, Hockey/Sports should not be anything people should be too concerned about (unless you work in sports).

 

[Machinehead]

I anticipate that the NHL will be back in some capacity before then, but expect all of your sports to be in empty arenas until there's a vaccine.

A lot of experts speculate that the virus will be seasonal. That means we can get some normalcy back in the off-season, but we have to remember that the off-season means it decreases -- it doesn't disappear. A gathering of tens of thousands of people isn't smart and risks an off-season outbreak. We don't want that.

 

[Machinehead]

If the virus follows the same path as 1919, then Burke could be right.

I understand the tendency to compare it to the 1918-19 flu, seeing as that is most recent pandemic of this scale, but it isn't the flu at all.

 

[wabagee]

Brian is probably the worst person in the sports world to trust!

 

[Clint Eastwood]

I mean. Burke and no one else knows anything about this. No one knows when this will end. It's just useless speculation.

 

[Stigma]

I always find the people who like to brag about being into the worst possible outcome very odd. He sounds like a poster who is insistent player X has very low trade value that way when player X gets traded he can't be disappointed by the return.

Haha. Yep, human nature. The pandemic is like an endless Christmas morning to the downers of the world.

 

[SotasicA]

I anticipate that the NHL will be back in some capacity before then, but expect all of your sports to be in empty arenas until there's a vaccine.

A lot of experts speculate that the virus will be seasonal. That means we can get some normalcy back in the off-season, but we have to remember that the off-season means it decreases -- it doesn't disappear. A gathering of tens of thousands of people isn't smart and risks an off-season outbreak. We don't want that.

So we'll never have hockey again?

 

[BLONG7]

Too much negativity in here for me. Let’s put that positive energy out there that we will see hockey this season.

I think there will be a full season, starting in October...I don't think there is any way they can logistically finish this year, or have the playoffs, there will still be issues in some countries, and people will still be sick and possible transmissions through June...

 

[NORiculous]

People like you are gonna make this thing last a whole lot longer than it needs to, if that's your mindset.

Where have you seen that's the contrary? What do you know that the rest of us don't?

China has started reopening after 2-3 months. Will see how it goes in April for them.

Based on China, unless there is a HUGE mess up in the states, I don’t see how this last to 2021.

 

[Machinehead]

So we'll never have hockey again?

Who said anything like that?

 

[Machinehead]

China has started reopening after 2-3 months. Will see how it goes in April for them.

Based on China, unless there is a HUGE mess up in the states, I don’t see how this last to 2021.

Yes, but Italy is making very little progress.

We'll have to see how it goes.

 

[BlueDream]

Yes, from a logistics perspective spectator sports should be amongst the last businesses to reopen; unless they plan to hold games with no fans. I'm unsure how feasible that would be economically. Fans are integral to the ambiance of a game. Can you imagine game 7 of the Stanley Cup in an empty arena?

The playoffs need to have fans. I wouldn’t play them without.

The regular season though, I really wouldn’t care. If they have to play October through March with no fans then so be it, as long as they’re back for when it matters. How they’d swing that financially though, I have no clue. But I’d be shocked if this thing was still out of control in a year from now.

 

[ffh]

They would finish the hockey season only if Dana white is the commissioner.

 

[SladeWilson23]

this is a bad take. China is at the 3 month mark and if their numbers are true its finally under control there....

I'd be shocked at this point if this season isnt completely lost. Hopefully we can see hockey again in October

That's a big IF btw.

 

[Bondurant]

Who said anything like that?

What will happen when we get hit with COVID-20 later in the year? If it's perpetual lockdown there will be no NHL because there will be a breakdown of civilization with riots and martial law all over the globe.