Players opting out who are deemed by medical staffs to "be at substantial risk of developing a serious illness as a result of novel coronavirus" will still be paid for the 2020-21 season, TSN Senior Hockey Reporter Frank Seravalli reported.

Seravalli added regarding NHL players opting out of the 2020-21 season, the league "may investigate any circumstance ... that these provisions were intentionally used to, or had the effective of, circumventing the CBA" for salary cap purposes.

More details to come.