Although the border between Canada and the United States is still closed because of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, NHL fans received some good news on Friday. NHL teams in either country will be able to make trades with each other as much as they please.
According to TSN's Pierre LeBrun, there will be no rules preventing intercountry trading. There still will be rules in place for when players do get traded, as they will obviously have to follow the quarantine and testing protocols in the respective state or province.
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The Canadian-US border has been closed since March to all non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
With the quarantine protocols and tough cap situations, there may be fewer trades then there usually are in a typical year, but big trades are still a possibility.
The NHL is currently targeting a January 13 start date for the 2020-21 regular season, which will reportedly be 56 games.
