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NHL Announces Return to Play Plan

The NHL is moving forward with plans to return to play, with the League releasing their full plan earlier today that includes a proposal for training camps and a 24-team playoff.

Here are some highlights from the League’s full proposal:

Round Robin: The top 4 teams play for First Round seeding (regular-season overtime rules in effect) 

Qualifying Round: The remaining 8 teams play best-of-5 series to advance to the First Round (playoff overtime rules in effect)

First Round and Second Round: Format (seeding vs. bracket) and series lengths to be determined

Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Final: Best-of-7 series

Read the full release from the NHL below:

And here’s Commissioner Gary Bettman on the Return to Play Plan and Draft Lottery:

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