Thomas Townsend: Columbus is NOT a host city

Having the entirety of the Eastern Conference playoffs in Toronto is an NHL dream. Big market for hockey, hockey crazy fans...the buzz will be unbelievable. And with nothing scheduled until July, I'm betting that the NHL may be banking that at some point the city will re-open enough to allow fans. Same may be true in Vegas.
- Thomas Townsend

There's strong rumours that it would be the Western Conference playing in an eastern city and vice versa.

And there is no hope in hell that the various levels of government (Toronto, Ontario) will allow fans to attend games. Zero.

C-bus has always been an after-thought to Bettman. I may be biased, but I really believe Bettman grudgingly tolerates Columbus as a hockey city/team . . . but seriously leans toward the big-6 teams/cities. The other 26 teams are just for big expansion fees !! Vegas aside.

There is ZERO CHANCE of any fans attending these playoffs.

Is this your opinion, or is there a source for your post here?