As the 2021 NHL season gets closer and (hopefully) gets to playing soon, the COVID-19 pandemic is still wreaking havoc across the world. With this in mind, sports leagues have had to adapt to work around the virus. Some have done better than others, such as the NHL and NBA bubble playoffs, which saw zero cases in either league. Others have struggled, with the MLB regular season having multiple outbreaks on teams, and the same going for the NFL. In fact, things have gotten so bad on the NFL front that the league is mandating every team close their facilities early this week.