Brian Burke says the NHL and other professional sports leagues should vaccinate their players as soon as possible — partially to get people safely into arenas for games, but also for public outreach. (Chris Young/Canadian Press, Viking)In the meantime, the NHL and NHL Players' Association has agreed on a 56-game season to begin this January, entertaining empty seats or cardboard cutouts of audience members in the meantime. "You're going to see a lot more anger and a lot more truculence, and a lot more animosity amongst the teams," he said. "When you play a team that often, then things pile up fast, grudges pile up fast, you're going to see a spike in fighting and and hitting." And if you run a goaltender or you run a star player, you're going to have to fight somebody.

Source: CBC News December 28, 2020 17:03 UTC