Tonight's Flyers Game Appears to be Off

Here’s an update on the NHL situation from some of the plugged-in folks:

Players in the bubble are telling me they’re not playing tonight. But we await official announcement from the NHL and NHLPA.

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) August 27, 2020

Lebrun says “more than 100 players in the bubble” spoke with Evander Kane and Matt Dumba today, who are leaders of the Hockey Diversity Alliance and earlier called for games to be postponed.

From Dreger:

Players and teams involved are acknowledging there won’t be games tonight, however, it’s up to the NHL and NHLPA to formally postpone.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) August 27, 2020

Emily Kaplan is reporting similar. Seems like a matter of time, just awaiting official word from the NHL.

Edit:

Here’s a good tidbit featuring some Flyers players:

Spoke to @Dreamer_Aliu78 who tells me it was the players who initiated the discussion w/ @TheOfficialHDA last night. Scott Laughton, James van Riemsdyk & Kevin Shattenkirk all reached out to Chris Stewart, looking for advice on what to do. It led to today's large #NHL group call

— Farhan Lalji (@FarhanLaljiTSN) August 27, 2020