Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL’s Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew west across Canada on separate charter flights.They were handed boxed lunches on the planes, got on different buses when they landed and checked into the Edmonton bubble.
The Lightning went first Saturday, followed the next day by the Islanders and NHL employees. The Vegas Golden Knights and Dallas Stars have been in Edmonton since late July.
Maintaining mental health key to living in Edmonton’s NHL bubble Two bubbles were suddenly one for the league’s final four and, as early as next week, the Stanley Cup Final.The challenge of consolidating two quarantined.