from Sean Leahy of NBC Sports,

The NHL is reportedly going to try and open next season in a unique way. Lake Louise was an early idea that they’ve moved on from. What unique way/location would you like to see the NHL try to begin with a bang?

Jake Abrahams, Managing Editor, NHL content: Fans were in hockey heaven during the start of the 2020 playoffs, when games would begin at noon and end past midnight. With in-person attendance likely reduced (if not out of the equation entirely) for the start of 2020-21, I’d like to see that model again for next season’s opening day. Wall-to-wall, made-for-TV action to welcome hockey back....

James O’Brien, NHL writer: The dream — and I call it a dream because it … doesn’t seem very feasible — would be an outlandish outdoor game at, say, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. If that was actually plausible from a real-life NHL hockey standpoint, this would be the time to do it, as you wouldn’t be worried about not having a ton of fans there. That would be half of the point. But again, that just doesn’t seem like something you can even pull off. (Then again, the NHL’s ice wizards pulled off outdoor games in some unlikely locales, so who knows?)

Adam Gretz, NHL writer: My first reaction is I want an all day marathon of games to start the season. Starting at noon, ending with a 10:30 p.m. faceoff on the west coast. That wall-to-wall, all-day, non-stop hockey was the best thing about the bubble and I think a day like that would be perfect to open the season.

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