I firmly believe they'll extend the season slightly to accommodate a few extra games especially if fans (even if limited) are allowed come April/May.
This isn't like 2020 where there was so much unknown. The virus is now mostly predictable and teams have taken an abundance of caution to keep everyone safe. Knowing you may shut down a team for 1-2 weeks, it is silly not to have a backup plan where you extend the season a little bit.
If the 21/22 season starts slightly later like in November, I'm sure the League and the Kraken will be just fine.
That being said, more multi-game sets reducing travel will likely be the norm now even if just to save cost via less air travel. Incrementally that'll save plenty of $$'s for each flight saved.
One day I will quit fantasy hockey, today is not that day.
This was the gist of the Athletic bit on it - the optics of them waiting and then going forward with a system that is perceived to be favoring getting one team in over another are terrible. Which means the NHL will do it. If there is one the NHL does well, its getting it wrong.
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch
Man...another 1 game night. On a Friday too! Maybe it's a one off week giving team's a break after a big start?
Missed this today. Huge rescheduling of games
NHL reschedules 27 games featuring all 8 East Division teams
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2108057
They're either gonna have to let go of their end of season timeline commitment, or let go of some games.... I can't see this lasting if the cases keep up like this.
Blades of Steel
9 Team Full Keeper - Pts Only (G,A,W,SO)
Crosby, Wheeler, Bergeron, Forsberg, Connor, Kopitar, E.Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrincat, Fiala
Jones, Klingberg, Hamilton, Theodore, Letang
Saros, Shesterkin
Garland, Vrana, Bjorkstrand, Verhaege, Backstrom, Karlsson, Perunovich, Spurgeon, Pulock, Hellebuyck
whats the status of the tokyo olympics ? it they get cancelled or delayed it gives the nhl and nbcsn more wiggle room to push season back a few weeks
I believe they're still planned. Just saw a bunch of roster projections this week.
Buffalo played last night for the first time since January 31. Six postponed games.
Minnesota plays tonight for the first time since February 2. Six postponed games.
New Jerseys plays tonight for the first time since January 31. Six postponed games.
Nashville and Dallas game tonight postponed again.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll