EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 20: Calgary Flames (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)
The NHL is trying to come up with a plan for the 2020-21 regular season. It might include the Calgary Flames joining “hybrid bubbles.”
The Calgary Flames joined 11 other teams from the Western Conference in a “bubble” in Edmonton to complete the 2019-20 season. The entire postseason was playing in two arenas, with Edmonton hosting all of the teams in the west and Toronto welcoming 12 Eastern Conference teams.
The plan has basically gone off without a hitch. While there were many naysayers when the plan was adopted, there have been over 33,000 negative Covid-19 tests with zero positive tests since the teams entered their bubbles.