NHL makes huge announcement about returning to play!

The NHL continues to work on their phased approached return and today was a giant leap forward for hockey's come back. The league announced the beginning of 'Phase 3' will take place on July 10th.

NHL-NHLPA agree that Phase 3 training camps will open July 10 but that both sides still have to negotiate Phase 4 (games, protocol, hub cities) so start date on the 24-team tournament still TBD https://t.co/HFDrm08g2j

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 11, 2020

The positive momentum has be huge for the league, ever since the Return to Play committee figured out the format for the playoffs and it also, of course, helped that both sides agreed to the matter.

With 14-day isolation concerns in Canada, there continues to be a ton of chatter surrounding some Canadian teams opening up training camp in the US before heading to their hub city.

It certainly feels like the NHL is coming back and today's announcement was a massive step in the right direction!

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