Whether or not the NHL will actually be able to pull of this year’s playoff tournament remains to be seen, but it could go down as one of the craziest playoffs in NHL history.

Tens of millions of dollars in costs to the NHL, some 30,000 COVID-19 tests and, unless the Canadian government relaxes its 14-day quarantining requirement for people entering the country, no chance of seeing any live hockey in the best league in the world north of the 49 parallel for the foreseeable future, perhaps even for the rest of 2020.

Oh yes, and the Pittsburgh Penguins or Edmonton Oilers could conceivably end up with the first pick overall and the right to draft Alexis Lafreniere as a consolation prize for losing to a traditional non-playoff team.

A lot went down when the NHL announced its return-to-play plan Tuesday and there was much to digest. If it were not