NHL to return for 24-team Stanley Cup playoffs Globe_Sports
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Bettman confirmed the playoffs will proceed in two hub cities, one each playing host to the Eastern and Western Conference teams, with games staged for TV cameras but no fans in the stands. The cities will be chosen, likely within the next month, from a list of 10, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, and seven U.S. cities, and will depend in part on how widespread COVID-19 is in each locale.
Other stumbling blocks are still unresolved, including the fate of players who may feel wary of returning to play because of family complications or their own underlying health conditions. Bettman noted that some players have diabetes, and others have asthma, both of which could prove dangerous complicating factors for someone contracting COVID-19.
Under the format, the top four teams in each conference will get a bye into the official first round but will play a round robin of three games each to determine their seedings. Those teams are Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington, and Philadelphia in the East; St. Louis, Colorado, Las Vegas, and Dallas in the West.
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