Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe with his Sunday Hockey Notes on a Saturday,

Nearly two months after the NHL went dark because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bruins last week finally announced plans to refund money, or offer credit toward the 2020-21 season, to fans holding tickets for the final six scheduled games at TD Garden (March 14 through April 4).

That was mighty good news. Fans, some with their wallets thin because of virus-related furloughs and job losses, had grown impatient, if not desperate. It may take a few weeks for the books to get settled on Causeway Street, but everyone who wants their dough will get it.

On a broader scale, the league has yet to make public how it intends to move forward, be it with the remainder of the regular season, the 2020 playoffs, or the start of 2020-21. The virus, and the absence of a vaccine to treat it, remains in control of an open-ended schedule.

As of Sunday, the league has been in mothballs for 60 days. If we were all living the standard NHL lifecycle with the Stanley Cup awarded on, say, June 15, we’ve now reached the equivalent of approximately Aug 15 on the players’ rest-and-recovery timeline. Mid-August is when all hands eagerly anticipate the start of September training camp in a mere 3-4 weeks. Dandy. At the moment, no one’s got a clue when we’ll see hockey next.

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