Trudeau: Canada 'open' to hosting NHL restart

Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver are among 10 cities being considered by the
NHL, which will choose two hub cities, one for each conference.

"Three Canadian cities are asking for it," Trudeau said at his daily briefing.
"Obviously the decision has to be made by the NHL and the cities and the
provinces. Canada is open to it as long as it is OK'd by the local health
authorities."

Also on Tuesday, Canada extended its border closure for non-essential travel
through at least July 21, which will be four months after it began. But the
restriction has not prevented NHL players from traveling back and forth as
they have returned to their teams recently for voluntary workouts in Phase 2
of the restart plan.

Under the NHL's 24-team restart plan, teams will open training camps July 10.
They then would move to their conference's hub city for games likely starting
in late July or early August.

Other cities being considered as hubs are Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Las
Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Pittsburgh.

ESPN reported Monday that the NHL would "still really like" to pick a Canadian
city as one of the hubs, adding that no decisions had been reached but that it
could happen this week.

Sportsnet reported last week that Las Vegas likely will be one of the hub
cities.

--Field Level Media