from Ted Wyman of the Winnipeg Sun,

It just seems like a lot, and while the tournament should be a fun made-for-TV experience, with no fans in the stands, and should be a nice boost for pandemic-weary hockey fans, you have to wonder if it will all be worth it.

If I were a player, I would certainly wonder if it doesn’t make more sense to focus on the long-term goal of getting all players back to work and a league back to some semblance of normal.

A 24-team NHL tournament in the summer, featuring 75% of the players in the league, as about as far from normal as you can get.

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