One of the confusing elements in the coming weeks will be media reports identifying NHL cities “confirmed” as potential centralized sites for a season resumption.



So it’s important to understand this very fact: the NHL is currently in the process of vetting 12 NHL cities for the purpose of using four of them as centralized sites.



But the league isn’t likely to cut down to four sites anytime soon.



The reality is that because of the constantly changing dynamic of the pandemic, the league is going to have to keep several sites ready to go until figuring out where the coronavirus hot spots remain closer to puck drop this summer. Which means there will be more than four sites still considered in the loop as long as possible.



As of Thursday afternoon, I was told Minnesota, Edmonton, Toronto, Pittsburgh, Columbus and Dallas were among the 12 NHL spots being vetted.



I don’t think Raleigh (practice facility not done...