The regular season of NHL can see an increase of 82 to 84 games for the 2026-27 season, several media outlets said on Wednesday, as the League and Players Association interacted on schedule changes during the discussion of their collective bargain agreement.
An unbalanced number of the Division Games against rivals, which attracts more fans for sports or watching on her TV at home, has discovered some franchisees for schedule changes.
Adding a pair of sports does not have to change the format in which every team has to visit all other clubs at least once, but it will allow all the division rivals to face rivals four times per season. Other schedule changes have also been discussed allegedly.
According to ESPN, players are concerned about lowering with two more games in a regular session, but NHL is expected to reduce the number of prison games if it switchs to the 84-game slate.
This will not be the first time the League implemented an 84-game schedule. From 1992–94, NHL and NHLPA agreed that every team would play a pair of game on a neutral site in the expanded slate.
Other subjects of CBA talks are addressing how teams use long -term injured reserve salary cap exemption. The teams have implemented late discounts in a regular session, then brought the players back on time to start the playoffs. A solution on the table The playoff teams need to follow CAP for their active players, even if the overall roster has crossed it.
A compromise on a new CBA with the current version ending on September 15, 2026 is getting closer. NHL Commissioner Gary Betman reviewed the talks on Wednesday at the Board of Governors’ meeting, although no votes were held.
Betman said before game 1 of the Stanley Cup between Florida Panthers and Edmonton Olers, “We started both sides a little later than to estimate several reasons, so I don’t have a announcement that we have a deal today.” “We have more than a year to go, and I think we are in a really good place in terms of our relationship.”
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