Frederik Andersen is concerned about the NHL coming back to play

“I’m not quite 100 per cent confident yet,” Andersen told reporters on a conference call Tuesday. “I think the league is very adamant about working towards that [return]. I think once we get to the hub cities, everyone has to be confident [in those] and that the league will have a good setup. So once we get there we’ll be good, but I think it’s a matter of getting there first. It looks like there’s some more things that need to be ironed out first.

“I don’t think I have just one [concern]. There’s a few things that need to be figured out, and players have to vote on it, and I think we still have a little bit of a ways to go. The whole thing in general has got to make sense. Just with future CBA stuff [the league’s current collective bargaining agreement expires in 2022], and obviously safety is very important. I’m confident that we’ll have something to vote on. I want to play; I don’t want to just sit and waste the summer or a season.

“Once we have the hub cities set up and the hubs are secure enough, I don’t think there should be any real doubt [about safety] because if it’s a closed environment, then we should be fine, right? That’s how I see it. I don’t think it really makes a big difference if it is a bubble and it’s done the right way; it really shouldn’t matter.

“I don’t think we have enough information yet. I think the PA and the league are still ironing that out and then we’ll see. It seems like it’s the 11th hour here, so hopefully things will progress a little bit in the next week, because the July 10 goal is coming up soon. I think we’ll see [what they say], and make a decision once [we] have more info.”

–TSN’s Kristen Shilton