A Canadian city could still be in the running for a NHL hub city in their 24-team format as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is open to working with the league to bring hockey north of the border.

Yesterday, TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reported that Toronto would continue to be in the running as a hub city and Trudeau’s comments continue to leave that option open. The NHL will reportedly be having Las Vegas as one of the two hub cities.

According to The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta, no official decision has been made on where the second city would be but three Canadian cities — Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver — continue to be in the mix.

The Canada-US border has been shuttered to non-essential travel since March 21st, a period that has since been extended to July 21st. A mandatory 14-day quarantine period has been enacted by the Feds for anyone returning to the country making things difficult for NHL’ers in their return to Canada. That period has been one of the things holding back a decision on another hub city.

The NHL kicked off their second phase of the return to play plan last week that has seen players begin workouts in their cities. The NHL has targeted July 10th as the start of their third phase which would see training camps launch for the 24-team play-in format.

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