NHL to make announcement on Return to Play Plan at 4:30 p.m. ET NBCSN, SN, NHLN, TVAS

[robertmac43]

Nothing new really.

 

[heynowbababooey]

Dont care what anyone says. This is gonna be f***ing awesome.

 

[Jumptheshark]

So the top 4 byes have to play for seeding...nice

that could be interesting

 

[robertmac43]

Now that we have the actual series confirmed, time to get the HF playoff board going!

 

[Llamamoto]

The cities under consideration to be hubs:

 

[BMOK33]

Columbus and Dallas will be the cities. The others are all blue states and those governors are never agreeing

 

[JPeeper]

sounds like that players and owners are fighting over some big issues

Like what?

There seems to be literally no fighting here.

 

[Edmonton East]

Hey bottom 7 teams, get f'd.

Sincerely,
NHL

 

[lottster14]

Hearing that the plan sounds complicated and dumb so far. What's going on with what Bettman is saying?

 

[Kamiccolo]

This draft lottery is confusing me. I get phase 1 but phase 2 doesn't make sense.

 

[BMOK33]

So who are those “other teams” in the lotto? I’m assuming they are the teams who finished 9-12

 

[Canada4Gold]

The hubs under consideration:

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a lot of West locations. If an East location has to host East playoffs it's only TOR, CBJ, or PIT. so unless it's PIT the TOR/CBJ series will host their series. Obviously without fans that's less meaningful but playing in your host arena and dressing room might have benefits of familirity.

 

[Prairie Habs]

I'm at work and can't watch, have the made any indication for the play times? I know it's a pretty specific question, but in my dreams every day of the week has a eastern matinee, western matinee, eastern prime time, western prime time for 12 uninterrupted hours of hockey daily.

 

[JPeeper]

Trying to understand the lottery rules.

 

[Canada4Gold]

This draft lottery is confusing me. I get phase 1 but phase 2 doesn't make sense.

Say they do phase 1 and 2nd overall pick is won by an unknown 8-15 team. Phase 2 is another lottery to determine which losing team gets that pick. They have to do that after because they don't know who those teams will be at the time of lottery 1. All odds in the 2nd draw are equal.

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

So who are those “other teams” in the lotto? I’m assuming they are the teams who finished 9-12

It's the 4-12 teams in the conference who get knocked out in the round robin and miss the playoffs.

 

[Empoleon8771]

There you go bad teams, if a play-in teams wins a lottery you get a do over.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Trying to figure out the draft lottery

 

[John Price]

I'm at work and can't watch, have the made any indication for the play times? I know it's a pretty specific question, but in my dreams every day of the week has a eastern matinee, western matinee, eastern prime time, western prime time for 12 uninterrupted hours of hockey daily.

they haven't mentioned anything about times

 

[DaveMatthew]

There you go bad teams, if a play-in teams wins a lottery you get a do over.

No they don't.

 

[SimpleJack]

So is it official? Is there a starting date??

 

[SC2GM]

Can't wait to see the quality of play for the preseason, I mean... the playoffs. Going to need to a terrorism penalty for those who seemingly cough intentionally.

 

[tarheelhockey]

So is it official? Is there a starting date??

Yes it's official, no there's not a starting date.

 

[GAGLine]

This draft lottery is confusing me. I get phase 1 but phase 2 doesn't make sense.

Phase 1 will be done without teams 8-15 determined. Let's say team B (9th overall) wins the #2 spot. Phase 2 would involve all 8 losing teams with a 12.5% chance to get that pick.

 

[DaveMatthew]

No they don't.

If unknown teams, for example, win slots 1, 2 and 3, the bottom 7 teams would not be in the Phase 2 lottery.

Their picks are locked in after Phase 1.

The order would be:

1. Unknown A
2. Unknown B
3. Unknown C
4. Detroit
5. Ottawa
6. Ottawa