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- KEN CAMPBELL Still a long, dark tunnel to the playoffs, but is that a light we see? (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: The new NHL draft lottery has been revealed – and we’re here to walk you through it (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL Long way to go, but the playoff picture becomes clearer (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: NHL provides glimmer of hope with clear picture of Return to Play Plan (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: NHL outlines 24-team return-to-play format, June 26 Draft Lottery (TSN)
- SIMON HOUPT: NHL to return for 24-team playoffs but warns Canadian quarantine rules may keep games in the U.S. (Globe & Mail)
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: It's flimsy and complicated, but the NHL has a plan and hopes to use it (National Post)
- JIM SOUHAN: Restarted NHL season could play right into Wild's hands (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- ED GRANEY: No whining allowed: Embrace the big picture of NHL’s return (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- MAC ENGEL: Shortening MLB, NBA, NHL seasons over COVID should mean champions get asterisks (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- JOHN SHIPLEY: NHL has a plan to resume play. How quaint. (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- DON BRENNAN: NHL fans should be happy their league has a plan (Ottawa Sun)
- BEN KUZMA: GM Benning hopes Wild matchup, delayed draft is win-win for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Hobnobbing in high places (Winnipeg Sun)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Jason Botterill wasn't going anywhere, but Kim Pegula's explanation defies belief (Buffalo News)
- JOHN ROMANO: Good grief. Are Lightning players really worrying about a first-round bye? (Tampa Bay Times)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Ex-Leaf Doug Gilmour looks back at the Wayne Gretzky high stick in 1993 and sees ‘the worst officiated game you can imagine’ (Toronto Star)
- GENTRY ESTES: If the NHL can test daily, why couldn’t other pro leagues do the same? (The Tennessean)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: The Stanley Cup Final, which began this week in '19, is what I miss about sports today (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- MIKE McINTYRE: NHL stickhandles past uncertainty with solid – if imperfect – plan to return (Winnipeg Free Press)
- ED WILLES: If NHL insists on pandemic playoffs, Vancouver should pass on hosting (Vancouver Province)
- KEN WARREN: Warren: Grassroots minor hockey will be a different game when it returns (Ottawa Citizen)
- NEIL BEST: NHL playoff format isn't perfect, but it surely is welcome (New York Newsday)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Important week as NHL finalizes plans to restart season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- JOHN NIYO: As the sports world tries to reengage, it's time to get creative (Detroit News)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: With bizarre playoff near-miss, Sabres' season finally goes on permanent pause (Buffalo News)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: NHL deserves credit for its plan, but will it work? (Boston Globe)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: The Ottawa Senators will find out on June 26 if they've won the draft lottery (Ottawa Sun)
- STEVE SIMMONS: The time that Gretzky wasn't first pick (Toronto Sun)
- TERRY JONES: NHL rinks could see action soon with initial return-to-play initiatives (Edmonton Sun)
- TIM BENZ: The NHL’s return to play address wasn’t a plan. It was more of an update. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
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