Report: The new NHL comeback plans has pissed off the players
With all the back and forth going on, you had to know someone would be upset in the end. Unfortunately for the NHL, right now, the displeasure is coming from the players, who are not happy with the 4-city hub style return.
Larry Brooks of the NY Post reports the following today:
The NHL seems to be pivoting from its plan to reopen the season in four centralized locations and is now investigating the possibility of playing games in its teams' home cities, multiple sources have told The Post. The league is dealing with a myriad of hypotheticals, but it is believed that the players have pushed back on the prospect of spending months in a hotel apart from their families. Hence, the league is studying this alternative that is believed to have surfaced in the aftermath of Wednesday’s virtual meeting of the NHL/NHLPA Return to Play Committee that includes five players.
The players have raised numerous questions about the protocols under which they in essence would be segregated from society, but have not as a group rejected the possibility. Thus, the centralized-location plan has not been eliminated as an option. The Post has been told that as the league and the union conduct their meetings, less is clear than ever. For example, there is no consensus regarding the format under which the league would reopen.
While teams have been pressing to complete the regular season in order to satisfy their local television contracts, we’re told that the league continues to study the possibility of going straight to an expanded playoff tournament.
Somebody just figure this out...please.
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Larry Brooks of the NY Post reports the following today:
The NHL seems to be pivoting from its plan to reopen the season in four centralized locations and is now investigating the possibility of playing games in its teams' home cities, multiple sources have told The Post. The league is dealing with a myriad of hypotheticals, but it is believed that the players have pushed back on the prospect of spending months in a hotel apart from their families. Hence, the league is studying this alternative that is believed to have surfaced in the aftermath of Wednesday’s virtual meeting of the NHL/NHLPA Return to Play Committee that includes five players.
The players have raised numerous questions about the protocols under which they in essence would be segregated from society, but have not as a group rejected the possibility. Thus, the centralized-location plan has not been eliminated as an option. The Post has been told that as the league and the union conduct their meetings, less is clear than ever. For example, there is no consensus regarding the format under which the league would reopen.
While teams have been pressing to complete the regular season in order to satisfy their local television contracts, we’re told that the league continues to study the possibility of going straight to an expanded playoff tournament.
Somebody just figure this out...please.
via GIPHY
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