There’s three things about the 2020-21 NHL season that excite us the most.
NHL hockey is now on the precipice of a stunning and triumphant return after an agreement was struck with the NHLPA on Sunday for a 56-game shortened 2020-21 season to commence on Jan. 13, 2021.
It was a joyful day for hockey fans who have been waiting on tenterhooks for word on when the NHL might return, if at all, in a Pandemic world, and we are now just weeks away from the best league in the world coming back.
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Training Camps will open as early as next week for those teams that did not play in the 2019-20 Stanley Cup Playoffs, while the rest of the league will open Camp on Jan. 3, 2021.
There are still details that need to be thrashed out, of course, including full COVID-19 protocols, but the 2020-21 NHL season is happening and we couldn’t be more excited.
So, on that note, here’s the three reasons to get really pumped up for the 2020-21 NHL season…
1. Hockey is Back
We’ll start with the number one reason to get excited about the 2020-21 season because, quite frankly, it is the most obvious one.
After months, although it seemed like a lifetime ago, since the Tampa Bay Lightning lifted the Stanley Cup inside The Bubble in Edmonton, we will finally see some NHL action and it is incredibly exciting.
Of course, we will be treated to a mouthwatering feast of hockey first with the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championships set to start on Christmas Day in Edmonton, with some of the NHL’s brightest young prospects set to be on display.
That will act as a nice appetiser for the main dish on Jan. 13, 2021, and we wait in anticipation to see what the Opening Night schedule looks like.
I mean, wouldn’t it be nice if the NHL put on a whole slate of games in order to get the 2020-21 season off to a flying start?
Whatever direction the league goes in, however, it will just be good to have the NHL back and Jan. 13, 2021 will now be a date circled in every hockey fan’s calendar.
And, from new-look divisions to a 56-game schedule that will ensure every single game has something riding on it, I am just super pumped about the prospect of immersing myself into a season once again and watching all the madness unfold.
Bring it on.