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Toronto, Edmonton expected to be announced as NHL hub cities – Sportsnet.ca

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July 1, 2020

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Toronto and Edmonton are expected to be announced as NHL hub cities, Sportsnet can confirm.

The NHL’s return-to-play plan would see 12 teams from each conference go to the two hubs to resume play. In the special format, the top four teams in each conference by points percentage at the time play was paused will play each other to determine playoff seeding. At the same time, the fifth through 12th seeds will meet in best-of-five series to determine the other four playoff teams in each conference.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported last week that it is likely the Western Conference will play in the western-based hub and the Eastern Conference will play in the eastern-based hub.

Las Vegas, Chicago and Los Angeles were other hubs still under consideration by the NHL. Vancouver, Columbus, Dallas, Pittsburgh and Minneapolis/St. Paul were also considered earlier in the process.

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The entire return-to-play plan remains contingent on approval by the NHL and NHLPA on a CBA extension. According to Friedman, the extended CBA would include a flat salary cap for two seasons, a deferral of 10 per cent of next season’s player salaries and Olympic participation (pending an agreement with the International Olympic Committee). The CBA, if approved, would also include language that would allow players to opt-out of returning to play this summer if they choose.

10 per cent of next season’s salary deferred; language for right to opt-out of Return to Play. Also, NHL fought for changes to contract structure — limits on signing bonuses and less salary fluctuation on a year-to-year basis. We’ll see how that looks.

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2020

The NHL is currently in Phase 2 of its four-phase return-to-play plan, which allows small groups of players to skate together at team facilities under strict COVID-19 testing and monitoring. Phase 3, which includes full training camps, is scheduled to begin July 10 but that could be pushed back a couple days. Phase 4, which includes the resumption of games in hub cities, does not have a start date yet.

Since Phase 2 began on June 8, the NHL says 15 players have tested positive for COVID-19 at team facilities out of more than 250 players who have been tested over 1,450 times. An additional 11 players have tested positive outside of the NHL’s Phase 2 testing in that time.

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Raptors reserve Jontay Porter might have thought he was smarter than the system. The NBA says he wasn't – Toronto Star

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Jontay Porter had potential, but then, a lot of people have potential, don’t they? Porter’s particular potential was his ability to play a sport where being halfway competent can easily net you $10 million (U.S.) per year, which is a gift, if you treat it carefully. Porter apparently did not.

Porter was given a lifetime suspension from the NBA on Wednesday, with the league concluding he had bet on basketball, influenced insider bets on basketball, and intentionally underperformed to influence betting.

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Canucks will face the Predators in first round of the playoffs – Vancouver Is Awesome

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The winner of the Western Conference was decided on Wednesday night and, with it, the Vancouver Canucks’ opponent in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The Dallas Stars needed just a single point to secure first in the West, preventing the Canucks from potentially tying them in points in their final game of the regular season. A tie would have seen the Canucks move into first as they have the edge in regulation wins, which is the first tie-breaker.

The Stars were facing the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night, who had already been eliminated from playoff contention. The Blues still had pride on the line, however, and put up a stalwart effort. The Blues took a 1-0 lead in the second period on a goal from Robert Thomas, but the Stars responded in the third with a goal from Mason Marchment.

With no further scoring in regulation, the Stars ensured at least one point by taking the game to overtime. The Stars then added another superfluous point by winning the game in the shootout.

That means the Canucks will finish second in the Western Conference behind the Stars no matter the result of their game on Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets. Accordingly, they’ll face the team in the first Wild Card spot in the first round of the playoffs: the Nashville Predators.

On paper, it seems like the ideal match-up for the Canucks, as they swept their three-game series against the Predators this season, out-scoring them 13-to-6. They certainly seem like a better match-up than the Los Angeles Kings, who won three of their four meetings with the Canucks, or the defending Stanley Cup champion Vegas Golden Knights, who split their four games with the Canucks and will be getting Mark Stone back for the playoffs.

The Predators won’t be an easy out, however. Since their last meeting with the Canucks in December, the Predators have caught fire. They went on an 18-game point streak from mid-February to late March, going 15-0-3 in that span. They’re a dangerous team with a Norris-candidate defenceman in Roman Josi, great forward depth, strong goaltending, and solid underlying numbers.

Of course, so are the Canucks, only more so.

They don’t just have a Norris-candidate defenceman; they have the likely Norris winner in Quinn Hughes. They don’t just have great forward depth; they have better top-end talent than the Predators as well as the likes of Conor Garland, Elias Lindholm, and Dakota Joshua on the third line. They don’t just have strong goaltending; they have Thatcher Demko.

As for underlying numbers, well…

Okay, the Canucks and Predators are nearly identical by the underlying numbers. Eerily similar, really.

The one thing the Canucks have done distinctly better than the Predators is actually score on the chances they create. And prevent the opposing team from scoring on the chances they create. So, two things, really. Pretty important things, as things go.

The schedule for the Canucks’ first round has yet to be released, though it’s expected to begin on Sunday, April 21 as opposed to Tuesday, April 23, as was initially expected.

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