Like everybody else, Chris Zimmerman doesn't know exactly how it will happen. But he thinks the NHL will get there.
"I do believe we are going to complete the 2019-20 season," Zimmerman, the Blues' president and CEO of business operations, told the Post-Dispatch. "As the commissioner (Gary Bettman) has said, first and foremost is we have to have a plan that is a safe plan for the players, for the staff, for anybody who is going to support us getting back on the ice."
Those plans in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, in hockey and other sports, revolve around games without fans in the stands, a limited number of support personnel in the building, and guidelines on any contact with the players. It assumes a continuation of social distancing, and a safe environment for practicing, playing games, and lodging. And testing. Of course, the devil is in the details.
