The possibility of a summer Stanley Cup remains an option as the NHL plays the waiting game with the coronavirus pandemic. “They’re really determined to finalize this season.
I’m not sure when that will be. It could be July or August,” Edmonton Oilers chairman Bob Nicholson said on a conference call on Tuesday. “(NHL commissioner) Gary (Bettman) has a number of different formulas to us to play in that time period, and also starting next season in November, playing next season November into June, then getting back into the regular course.” Bettman spoke to CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday, saying, “We’re exploring all options, but when we will have the opportunity to return depends on things we have absolutely no control over.” He added, “We