FTB: So how good was life in the NHL’s Toronto bubble?

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 08: Justin Williams (R) #14 and Trevor van Riemsdyk #57 play football on an off day during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoff at BMO Field on August 08, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario.With the Stanley Cup Final heading to a close, possibly as early as Saturday night, I thought to take a moment to reflect on the NHL Bubble experiment. The possibility of bubbles for next season exists, despite what you may hear Don Fehr or Bill Daly tell their members and employees. They want Hockey Related Revenue, and that requires hockey games, and to play those games without frequent cross-country and cross-border travel requires bubbles of some sort. They don’t have to be permanent, but the idea of business as usual returning seems unlikely. The NHL and the NHLPA won’t say no to the bubble if that’s the best, or only, option.

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