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    Hello all. As we are wonding down, I am worried that the NHL could cancel some of these unnecessary games. O have both Gaudreau and Lindholm. Has anyone heard anything on this? What are the chances these games are canceled?

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    they have a TV contract, unless there is more issues i think everything through 15th will get played.
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    I'm not sure anyone will be able to tell you anything concrete. This is exactly the sort of thing where the NHL would adamantly declare that will absolutely not even consider cancelling any games right up to the moment where they cancel unnecessary games after all.

    I'd just assume every game will be played as scheduled for the time being.

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    Montreal is holding down 4th, with an 8pt lead over Calgary, but they finished 3-5 in that series, giving CGY the tie-break.
    MON has tough, tough schedule in their last 6gp... with 3 vs TOR, 2 vs EDM, 1 vs OTT.

    This means that Calgary is still fighting, alive, and knows it.
    The NHL also needs the Vancouver games played for purpose of lottery weightings.

    Ideally, the NHL probably hopes that MON wins, CGY loses... and as soon as MON is locked into a playoff spot... the North can start playoff games.
    But I do think that all the NHL regular season games get played - mostly for lottery seeding... but likely also CGY isn't eliminated until they drop at least three games (or MON wins three)... and WPG/OTT/VAN/VAN/VAN/VAN are all very winnable games.

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    Thanks for everyone's comments

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    As others have said I would assume everything scheduled to date gets played.
    The NHL built a buffer into the schedule so the season could go thru May 15th I believe (currently scheduled thru May 13th).

    Calgary is not out of it, all teams generally want to play the full schedule for TV reasons, or to given young prospects a shot, or to show fans they are fighting to the end.
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    No reason why all currently scheduled games are not played, if a Canadian team had a further delay then maybe I could see games being cancelled.
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    The final two Calgary/Vancouver games are scheduled to play on the 18th and 19th of May according to my Fantrax league schedule.

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    Anyone have any update on this? Will these games get played. Why are the times still showing as TBD?

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    As far as we know they will get played. Not sure about the start times, perhaps still working that out with the networks. I would be very surprised if any team has games cancelled outright at this point. They need every penny of revenue they can get.

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    Only way I see the games being dropped is if there's covid delays at that time. If the May 16/18/19 games are postponed then I doubt they reschedule them for early June. The games will low key be played with plenty of absences. Players with nothing to play for might opt for an early start on the offseason to heal injuries.


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