The National Hockey League appears to be closing in on a plan for when it ends its more than two-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the last little while, the Return to Play committee has been debating several options on how the league should return when it is given the green light to do so, and word is the NHL and NHL Players’ Association are close to agreeing on a playoff format that would consist of 24 teams.
That means six of the league’s seven Canada-based teams would have a shot at winning the Stanley Cup (sorry, Ottawa), the most since 1987.
For you history buffs out there, the last time every Canadian team made the playoffs was the 1985-86 season when Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Quebec