Good morning fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs, lesser hockey clubs and people who once typed “pension” into google and now have our website coming up in your newsfeed unsolicited.
The Leafs had last night off and won’t play tonight either. That gives us a gap in our news cycle, this being a Maple Leafs website and all. However, the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels gave us something to ponder:
The Canadian Hockey League members (WHL, OHL, QMJHL) have struggled to play full seasons due to COVID-19 - the Quebec league is the only one that started in the fall, but has had to take several breaks and bubble teams for periods of time - and the WHL is coming close to opening shop with regional bubbles.