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Everything to know about the nhls bubble cities. The nhl is officially set to return with a 24 team tournament that will give way to the stanley cup playoffs. The top three teams in each division earn berths in the playoffs.
The nhl drops the puck for its 2020 playoffs on saturday august 1st and on tuesday the league announced the full schedule of games for the qualifying round and round robin seeding matchups. The nhls modified playoff format will include a 16 team eight series four best of 5 series qualifying round and a round robin competition among the top four teams in each conference to. Nhl the nhl shield the word mark and image of the stanley cup the stanley cup playoffs logo the stanley cup final logo center.
While the dates and locations are still being worked out all of the initial matchups. The playoffs will feature eight teams in each conference playing best of five series to advance to the formal stanley cup playoffs. After months of a pandemic induced pause the nhl returned in earnest on saturday aug.
The top four teams will compete in a seeding round robin tourney. In the eastern conference the four teams which have earned a bye into the first round according to initial seeding are. The nhl made waves when it revealed its return to play plan cancelling the 2020 nhl season and implementing a 24 team stanley cup playoffs to determine a champion this year.