At the time, the NHL enforced a rule stating that players must have sight in both eyes. Sabres officials attempted to have the restriction amended, allowing Neeld to compete, but ultimately failed.Boston Bruins

"This COVID virus just did so much damage into his lungs, he just couldn't keep responding, his body just couldn't keep up,'' Neil Sasakamoose said in the video. "When I talked to him, I asked him how he was feeling, if he was scared. He said, `I'm not scared, I'm ready to go, if I got to go, I'm going to go.'"New York Islanders

Sasakamoose was one of 11 children, though only five survived childhood. He was forcibly taken from his community in central Saskatchewan to a residential school as a child. He told a Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing in 2012 that he had been sexually abused by other students and recalled being whipped and having coal oil poured over his head.Seattle Kraken

"COVID is going through a second wave, which could be worse than the first wave," Bettman said. "Between Thanksgiving and the aftermath and what [experts] think are going to happen at Christmas and the aftermath, we are taking our time and making sure that as we look for ways to move forward, we are focused on health and safety and doing the right thing."

Bettman said training camps will not be significantly truncated, and he expects that teams will request to play at least one or two exhibition games before the season begins. Bettman also said the Canadian border remains an issue, and an all-Canadian division -- in which the seven Canadian teams play only one another -- remains a strong possibility.

“This whole ‘wear one, don’t wear one’ to me makes no sense. I don’t know why you wouldn’t,” Canes coach Rod Brind’Amour said Sunday in a Zoom media call. “No one has ever given me a good argument on this. It makes no sense to me. Someone tell me this could help, then you do it. It’s that simple.San Jose Sharks

Commissioner Bettman made the comments in an online interview during Sports Business Journal's Dealmakers in Sports conference.

One fear among NHL teams is that a coronavirus outbreak on a team could stymie the league’s attempt to finish out the 2019-20 season with the Stanley Cup playoffs. Until there is a vaccine for COVID-19, everyone must be vigilant.

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