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Whether the Detroit Red Wings’ 2021-22 schedule will include a break for the Winter Olympics remains uncertain. But it will include helmet advertisements.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday evening that “we have real concerns about whether it’s sensible for us to participate,” for the league to break for the Beijing Games and with the event only seven months away, that’s causing problems.
“We don’t know as of right now, and that is causing us, in addition to consternation, a fair number of issues relative to getting next season up and running,” Bettman said. “It’s reaching the point that we are getting concerned about the impact on the season, because of the uncertainty.”
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The Boston Bruins potentially have helped the Detroit Red Wings’ rebuild.
The first 16 draft spots, which includes the Wings at No. 6, go to the 15 teams that did not advance to the playoffs, and to expansion Seattle.
Playoff teams that did not win the division and failed to make the conference finals the Capitals check both boxes will be assigned the spots starting at 17, based on points.
The Capitals finished with 77 points. Entering Monday’s games, they and the St. Louis Blues were the only teams eliminated. The Blues earned 63 points, so the Capitals slot behind them.
Division winners that do not advance to the conference finals slot into the spots 25-28. Conference final losers slot into spots 29 and 30; the Stanley Cup runner-up gets the 31st pick and the champion picks 32nd.