During the summer, it felt like the NHL pulled off a near miracle getting the 2019-20 season restarted and finished, implementing the bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton to ensure a safe, unique ending to a season that was suddenly halted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bubble experiences were relatively seamless, with no real issues arising during the two months that teams were sequestered away in those two Canadian cities.
Now the NHL is about to embark on a likely more daunting challenge, as the 2021 season is set to begin next week without the safeties or benefits that the bubbles offered.