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Dreams of an all-Canadian division in the NHL next season might be going up in smoke. The NHL is intent on pushing ahead with the 2020-21 NHL season in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but the league may be running into trouble with provincial health authorities across Canada. For a time, it seemed the primary obstruction for playing the season in Canada was the closed U.S.-Canada border that would prevent American teams from travelling to Canada to play. The NHL’s proposed solution to the problem was an all-Canadian division, with all teams only playing in-division during the regular season. That solves the problem of the border, but there are other issues within Canada. ....