Huge NHL GM meeting set for Friday to discuss 2020-21 season!

When the Tampa Bay Lightning were days away from winning the Stanley Cup, we were already hearing that the National Hockey League and its Players Association were getting ready for a huge meeting in order to discuss the 2020-21 season, which still doesn’t have a beginning date. 

And then we waited… and waited. And according to Pierre LeBrun, we will have to wait some more as the Players Association is still putting together a committee that will represent all players in these negotiations for the season to come with the NHL. 

In the meantime, LeBrun did have some positive news, saying that all NHL general managers will meet on Friday to discuss many issues regarding the pending dates for the next season, especially when it comes to prospects. 

“There’s an NHL general managers meeting on Friday. It’s the first official GMs meeting really since Boca Raton in March, although the GMs have met on calls, especially in the spring time after COVID-19 shut down the regular season. This is an important GMs meeting. I mean, one key item? The American Hockey League. NHL GMs want to know what they’re going to do with their prospects as they await when the AHL season is going to begin. Now, I spoke with AHL president Scott Howson, who says that while Dec. 4 remains the target date to start the AHL season, that’s likely going to be pushed back to mirror some of what the NHL is going to do. But I can tell you this: There are some NHL GMs that want their prospects playing as soon as possible, so that’s going to be an interesting conversation on Friday.”

We might get to know more on Friday…