NHL to hold BOG meeting next week

The National Hockey League has a Board of Governors meeting next Thursday in New York City, TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun reports.

This will be the first BOG meeting since the annual get-together this past December in Palm Beach, Fla. 

NHL has a Board of Governors (owners) meeting Thursday (June 16) in New York City. First BOG meeting since the annual get-together this past December in Palm Beach, Florida.@TSNHockey @TheAthletic

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 11, 2022

LeBrun notes the NHL normally holds three BOG meetings in a year. A two-day gathering in December and one-day meetings in mid-June and September, though that calendar has been disrupted by the pandemic.

It's been a little all over the place during the pandemic, but generally speaking, at least pre-pandemic, the NHL would hold BOG meetings 3 times a year: in early December (that's the two-day main annual one), mid-June (one day) and September (one day).

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 11, 2022

should also point out that the NHL/NHLPA plan to go back to the normal calendar cycle finally starting next season which means opening of free agency back on July 1 in 2023 (it's July 13 this year, it was July 28 last year)

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 11, 2022

LeBrun also points out that the NHL and National Hockey League Players Association plan to go back to a normal calendar cycle beginning next season with the opening of free agency on July 1 in 2023. Free agency is set to open on July 13 this summer after opening on July 28 last year. 

The last BOG meeting came at the height of multiple regular season-game postponements due to COVID-19. The league and NHLPA was also weighing the viability of NHL players attending the Beijing Olympics in February. It was decided in early January that players would not be heading to the Winter Games after all and both sides said the focus would shift to sending players to the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.