This is the NHL's current plan, though there are still details to work out in some of these markets...For this season to get started on Jan. 13, there is still a lot of work to do as the league and some local health authorities discuss how to go about it safely and according to government guidelines. The NHL's plan is to have all 31 teams playing games in their home arenas, but it's not yet clear if that can happen everywhere.
"That's not yet determined where those will be played," Sharks GM Doug Wilson said Sunday."There's a lot of factors still to go into that. If they can't be played in Santa Clara there's a couple potential options we've been exploring. Just like we were exploring sites for training camp. Could be a hub city, could be us playing in another NHL city for a while. Until we see our schedule I don't think we'll know which and how many games will be affected.
While discussions over starting the regular season in Canada is still ongoing, agreements have been reached to allow the opening of facilities for the start of training camp in six of the seven cities, with Montreal as the only one yet to get sign off, though it's optimistic that will get done.For the seven teams that did not return to play in the summer , training camps will open Dec. 31. All other teams will open four days later on Jan. 3.
Taxi squad players will be permitted to practice and travel with the NHL team, but will only count against the cap or be allowed to play in a game if they are"called up" to the pro roster. These moves will be subject to regular re-call rules, so if a player would require waivers to be sent from the pro roster to the AHL, he will similarly need to pass waivers to be sent back to the taxi squad.