There is no bubble in the NHL this season, but with the resurgence of COVID-19 cases with the arrival in the portrait of the Omicron variant, perhaps the Senators should create one around Thomas Chabot.
The star defenseman, the most-used player in the entire NHL with an average ice time of 27:20 minutes, still has not made a stay on the COVID-19 list of the Bettman Circuit protocol, where a dozen of his teammates have stayed this season, as have several other members of the organization, head coach DJ Smith in the lead.