from Sean Shapiro of The Athletic,

So what happens if players decide it’s not worth the risk to go to China? How many games could the NHL realistically reschedule into that empty 16-day window after the All-Star Game?

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly, in an email to The Athletic, said it was “very premature to project at this point because we have not yet given direction to begin working with the Clubs on a revised schedule.”

Multiple team officials, however, were a little bleaker and painted a picture where very few, if any, games could be realistically scheduled into that window. One team executive simply said, “it’s a logistical nightmare,” when asked about the potential of a revised schedule with that many moving parts across the league.

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