The national hockey League (NHL) and national basketball Association (NBA) closer to the resumption of their seasons. The NHL has developed a format for a concise ending, the main highlight of which will be expanded from 16 to 24 teams for the draw of the Stanley Cup. The NBA is preparing for June 1 to submit a plan for the return. It should be held until mid-summer, it is possible that most of the games of the championship will take place at Disney World in Florida.Several American media announced that the national hockey League and players ‘ Association discuss the NHL worked out a format that allows you to resume the season in March and will be completed in a fairly short time. Earlier, the head of the NHL Gary Bettman has already made it clear that the League is firmly focused on the return of summer, and the matches for the sake of safety is going to carry out in a limited — perhaps fewer than ten — the number of locations. ESPN became aware of other details undergoing final approval of format.Its main feature is the fact that the NHL not to stretch the ending of the championship for a long time and complete it in the summer, decided to refuse the overtime of the regular season (in which the teams had to play 11 to 14 games). Instead, he immediately arranged an unprecedented formula play-off.Games shootout get not 16, as usual, and 24 the club 12 from each conference. They will be seeded numbers one through twelve, depending on the percentage of points scored in the regular season. The top four in the conference will be spared from the first play-off stage — the so-called play-in, swiping to warm up, during it something like friendly matches. If the format is approved, from the Eastern conference directly to the quarterfinals of the fall “Boston Bruins”, “Tampa Bay lightning”, “Washington capitals” and “Philadelphia flyers”, and in the play-in will be the “Pittsburgh penguins”, “Montreal Canadiens”, “Carolina Hurricans”, “new York Rangers”, “new York islanders”, “Florida Panthers”, “Toronto maple leafs” and “Columbus blue Jackets”. In the West the top four will be “St. Louis Blues”, “Colorado avalanche”, “Vegas Golden knights” and “Dallas Stars”, but for the right to fight they will fight “Edmonton Oilers”, “Chicago Blackhawks”, “Nashville Predators”, “Arizona coyotes”, “Vancouver Canucks”, “Minnesota wild”, “calgary Fleyms” and “Winnipeg jets”.In returning moves and the NBA. According to ESPN, the strongest basketball League June 1 will present a detailed road map. It will include, as expected, three stages. The first is a two-week quarantine after arrival to the club, the second lasting one to two weeks individual training (in fact, some of the commands they have already initiated), and the third more or less ��polnocennyh training camp lasting two to three weeks. Thus, according to the source, the channel, basketball, unlike hockey, intends to engage in a part in completing all 30 clubs in the championship, and the format of the ending will be discussed with the participation of the Union in the NBA.ESPN claims that the national basketball Association is going to limit the number of locations with the resumption of the season with just two, is still considering as a best of Las Vegas and Orlando or Disney World located in this city in Florida. The Athletic clarifies that Disney World is “the clear favorite” in the race for the right to become for a time the capital of the NBA largely thanks to the actions of Florida administration, sharply smarzewski restrictions related to the pandemic in the state. However, the candidacy of Las Vegas “do not discount”.Alex Armor
