After weeks of negotiations and planning to conduct the 2020-21 season in the midst of a pandemic, the NHL and NHLPA officially announced their plans for the season on Sunday evening.
The NHL Board of Governors and the NHLPA voted in approval to ratify a Memorandum of Understanding to the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the Return to Play protocols.
According to a report from Greg Wyshynski at ESPN, the scenario of neutral sites is no longer being considered by the NHL for a return and instead the league has shifted to targeting neutral NHL arenas by division to host the remainder of the games.