Are you ready to lock in some dates?
Here we go.
The NHL and NHLPA formally ratified the Return To Play agreement (and four-year CBA extension) on Friday night. With that came an official schedule for the 2020 qualifying round series.
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The Blue Jackets will play their first three games in five days beginning Aug. 2. Should the series go beyond three games, the fourth game will be a back-to-back before a potential Game 5 on Aug. 9.
That's a lot of hockey viewing to welcome back the game, isn't it?
At least five games per day for nine straight days, with staggered start times in both hub cities: 12 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET in Toronto, and 2 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 10:30 p.m. ET in Edmonton.
Buckle up – this is going to be fun.