The league rules on whether or not to postpone any Senators games

The Ottawa Senators are in the midst of a fight against a potential COVID-19 outbreak, with 6 players and an associate coach now on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol list.

Last season, it was fairly commonplace for the league to postpone games due to the threat of a COVID-19 outbreak, with one of the larger outbreaks occurring north of the border, in Vancouver, with 20+ players and coaches becoming contracting the virus, throwing the entire North Division schedule for a loop.

This season, the NHL appears much less interested in postponing and rescheduling games during the first full 82-game season since 2018-19.

According to the league's Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, the National Hockey League is keeping a close eye on the evolving situation, but has no current plans to postpone games.

Obviously, it goes without saying that things can change, but with all but one player (Detroit's Tyler Bertuzzi) being fully vaccinated and with the appropriate protocols in place for each team, it's less likely that we see a similar number of postponed games to what we saw last season.

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