The NHL’s tightly-compressed schedule has been a bone of contention for quite some time. And on Saturday, a Sportsnet report posited that the league may be willing to start the regular-season at least a few weeks earlier – perhaps as early as the start of September – to ease the considerable toll the current schedule takes on players and teams.
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