@Theokritos nice to see somebody keeping the UK section updated, it will definitely be an interesting scenario.
Todd Kelman is correct, teams cannot play with no fans or with social distancing restrictions in place, they will lose too much income and a lot of teams barely finish each season as it is. There are options but the league isn't the most forward thinking, so they will probably not be looked at - a simple one might be... play this 'season' whatever it ends up being with much less or no import players? BUT as much as people moan and argue they want 'more British players' - if a team ran with no imports people just wouldn't turn up and definitely wouldn't pay the £20 ticket prices too see 'that level' on display - so a catch 22 maybe.
If they decide to not play this season I can see that causing trouble still for some teams anyway as the league is in no position to fund anybody through any crisis, they will just vanish.
The other issue will be, OK the government said ice rinks can open 1st August, lets say the season goes ahead, the teams will splash the cash and spend their money and then lockdown wave 2 happens - this would probably bankrupt the whole league! So they need to be very careful what they decide to do here.
With Cardiff I'm not surprised Lord left, he's done everything he can do in the EIHL so why not take what is going to be a payrise and improve his CV back home?
Ben O'Connor - interesting scenario, has he found a contact in a better league that is going to go ahead this season? He should try his hand elsewhere but most likely her will sign with Cardiff or Nottingham for the easy payday once the EIHL decides what to do. I had it on good info that he was earning £1,400 per week at Sheffield and this was a few seasons back so it might have even increased, that is a lot of salary for the EIHL so only a few teams could even consider it.