According to a report by TSN's Darren Dreger, a decision has been made on whether Canadian teams can play in their home arenas in 2020-21.
"It's expected the NHL will respond to the provincial governments today, however, it's believed the league has approval to move forward with the season in all 7 Canadian cities," said Dreger on Twitter.
That is great news as coming up with a plan B may have forced the NHL to push back the planned start date for the 2020-21 season of January 13th.
One thing to keep in mind, while Canadian teams will be playing at their home arenas, the probability of fans being able to attend those games, at least at the start, is slim to none. Canadian provinces have been much more stringent in their COVID-19 protocols than the vast majority of U.S. states.
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