from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

It is unclear where the disconnect occurred with Robin Lehner, who believes he was coerced into becoming vaccinated against COVID-19 with promises of relaxed league protocols. No other player has seconded his tale.

So either someone unidentified by the Vegas goaltender flat out lied to him or there was a rather significant misunderstanding derived from his conversations about the NHL/NHLPA virus-related restrictions.

But an individual with knowledge of discussions between the league and the union has told Slap Shots that medical consultants for both parties are in constant communication about whether it might be appropriate to revise the rather stringent protocols depending upon the state of the pandemic and the differing circumstances in which teams play.

Our translation, which is hopefully more accurate than Lehner’s, is that it is possible that protocols could be relaxed for playoff series depending upon the state of the virus in the participating teams’ locations....

continue for more on this topic plus some talk regarding the records in the WHA..

What would happen if the NHL accepted WHA records? Well, Howe would leapfrog Wayne Gretzky as the all-time leading goal-scorer, Mr. Hockey with 975 to the Great One’s 940.

Bobby Hull would move from 18th on the all-time list with 610 to third with 913 including the 303 he scored for the WHA Jets....