As the Detroit Red Wings prepare for the 2021 season, a look around the NHL shows just how tenuous it will be.
Already the pandemic has forced the Dallas Stars to delay the start of their season after six players and two staff members tested positive for COVID-19, the NHL has announced. On Saturday, the NHL reported that the Pittsburgh Penguins canceled practice and a scrimmage out of “an abundance of caution” over COVID-19 concerns.
Those teams, because they were part of last summer’s playoff bubble, started training camps Jan. 3.