Is the nhl coming back this season. The league and nhl players association told players monday they can go home even outside of north america and must self isolate through march 27 while the season is on hold. The national hockey league iced its 2019 20 regular season on march 12 the same day as the nbas shutdown. On thursday the league announced that it is set to begin phase 3 of its return to play plan on july 10.
The two sides have officially agreed on terms to bring back the 2020 season starting in august. Phase 3 includes each of the 24 teams. It feels like weve been waiting on this forever but the nhl and nhlpa have finally done it.
The nhl has targeted monday of next week as the start of phase 2 in its plan to resume and finish the season. The nhl is taking another step towards coming back.