Pro sports so hard to figure out these days

TORONTO — With the NHL, like all leagues, trying to figure out what next season will look like, the notion of having an all-Canadian division is indeed intriguing, especially considering the array of talent and the apparent flaws in almost every Canadian franchise.

The thought of seeing Elias Pettersson one night and Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl the next followed by Jacob Markstrom, Carey Price and Connor Hellebuyck, followed by the kids in Ottawa, and the core four on the Maple Leafs, and

Johnny Hockey, Patrik Laine and Mark Scheifele — well, its almost a buffet of hockey talent and potentially emerging franchises. What fun that could be to watch night after night.

It made me think of the Raptors and what might be ahead for them when the NBA gets back to playing, whenever that will be.

There aren't seven Canadian teams in the NBA, there's just one. And we don't know where anything is going with COVID-19 and with quarantine laws and border openings. We can't know. They don't know. And certainly, despite plans of some kind, we really have no idea when fans of any kind will be back in buildings paying to watch NBA or NHL games.

Is it possible the Raptors will have to pull a Blue Jays and find a U.S. home for the coming season? Is it possible NBA teams won't be allowed into Canada the way Major League Baseball teams were prevented from playing in Toronto this summer?

Everything about sports begins with: who knows? The Raptors are on an

NBA island. And that's just part of an equation that currently has no answer.