The NHL will discuss the possibility of returning to a bubble for the 2021 postseason, Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported on "Saturday Headlines."

The league hosted the 2020 playoffs in separate bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton. Whether or not the same measures will be used depends on how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, Friedman adds.

Over 33,000 tests were administered during last season's 24-team playoffs, and zero positive results were returned. Teams entered their respective bubbles on July 26, and the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup on Sept. 28.

Nearly every team has had at least one player enter COVID-19 protocol since the 2020-21 season began Jan. 13. The Vancouver Canucks currently have 14 players on the COVID-19 list, and the Brazil variant of the coronavirus has reportedly infected some of those players.

The regular season is scheduled to end May 8, with the postseason beginning May 11, but those dates are subject to change if the league needs to reschedule games.

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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Jack Roslovic is a healthy scratch Saturday and won't suit up against the Florida Panthers, according to The Athletic's Aaron Portzline.

Head coach John Tortorella didn't offer much when asked about Roslovic's play.

"(Jack's) still a work in progress, yeah," Tortorella told CBJ Radio's Bob McElligott. "And that's where I'll leave it."

However, the Blue Jackets bench boss voiced his displeasure with Roslovic's game in a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.

"I didn't like Jack's line," Tortorella said postgame, according to Brian Hedger of The Columbus Dispatch. "I didn't like Jack's play. But I'm not going to criticize anybody. I shouldn't. I thought 99% of this hockey club played their (butts) off tonight."

Roslovic ranks third on Columbus with 22 points through 30 games this season but has just two points over his previous six outings.

The Blue Jackets acquired Roslovic and Patrik Laine in a trade that sent Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Winnipeg Jets in January. Despite Laine and Dubois being the headliners of the deal, Roslovic leads all three players in points since the transaction.

Tortorella sat Dubois before he was traded to Winnipeg. Laine has also been benched by Tortorella on multiple occasions this season.

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The number of Vancouver Canucks players on the NHL's COVID-19-related absences list doubled Saturday from seven to 14.

Travis Boyd, Thatcher Demko, Jayce Hawryluk, Bo Horvat, Tyler Motte, Tyler Myers, and Brandon Sutter landed in the protocol Saturday, joining Alex Edler, Adam Gaudette, Travis Hamonic, Braden Holtby, Quinn Hughes, Zack MacEwen, and Antoine Roussel, whom the league added to the list Friday.

The Brazil variant of the coronavirus has reportedly infected some of the players.

On Thursday, the NHL postponed the Canucks' games through Tuesday after placing two Canucks players and a staff member in the league's COVID-19 protocol.

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The number of Vancouver Canucks players on the NHL's COVID-19-related absences list doubled Saturday from seven to 14.

Travis Boyd, Thatcher Demko, Jayce Hawryluk, Bo Horvat, Tyler Motte, Tyler Myers, and Brandon Sutter landed in the protocol Saturday, joining Alex Edler, Adam Gaudette, Travis Hamonic, Braden Holtby, Quinn Hughes, Zack MacEwen, and Antoine Roussel, whom the league added to the list Friday.

The Brazil variant of the coronavirus has reportedly infected some of the players.

On Thursday, the NHL postponed the Canucks' games through Tuesday after placing two Canucks players and a staff member in the league's COVID-19 protocol.

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The Vancouver Canucks' COVID-19 outbreak might be worse than initially feared.

"There are additional cases identified Friday evening, and perhaps what's more scary to most of us throughout society is that the Brazil variant has been identified in some of the cases that have infected members of the Vancouver Canucks," TSN's Darren Dreger said on SportsCentre.

"Now, I'm told that there are cases here in Vancouver with the Canucks where the individuals are very ill. It's something that we're going to have to continue to monitor."

There were seven Canucks players on the NHL's COVID-19 list as of Friday: Quinn Hughes, Braden Holtby, Alex Edler, Adam Gaudette, Travis Hamonic, Zack MacEwen, and Antoine Roussel. The list is updated daily at 5 p.m. ET.

The Canucks haven't played since March 24 against the Winnipeg Jets. Their games have been postponed through at least April 6.

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The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Vinnie Hinostroza from the Florida Panthers for forward Brad Morrison, the team announced Friday.

Hinostroza was a Blackhawks draft pick in 2012, suiting up for three seasons with the club from 2015 to 2018. He played in Arizona for two years afterward, and Hinostroza hasn't produced any points over nine games with Florida in 2021.

Morrison, 24, hasn't played an NHL game yet. He's notched five points over six contests for the AHL's Rockford IceHogs this season. Chicago acquired him from the Los Angeles Kings during the offseason for defenseman Olli Maatta.

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Brandon Dubinsky is not ready to let bygones be bygones regarding his ongoing feud with Sidney Crosby.

The longtime NHL center - who's still under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets but has been on long-term injured reserve and hasn't played since 2018-19 - had some choice words for the Pittsburgh Penguins captain during an appearance on The Garage and Beers Podcast on Thursday.

"Everybody wants to talk about Sid and (Alex Ovechkin) or whatever," Dubinsky said. "Dude, f--- Sid. I'll take Ovi every day of the week."

Dubinsky took to Twitter to double down on his take.

While Ovechkin is already arguably the greatest goal scorer of all time, Crosby is considered to be more complete and well-rounded.

Dubinsky has his own biases, though - during his playing career, he and Crosby went at it on numerous occasions.

In 2010, then as a member of the New York Rangers, Dubinsky called Crosby a dirty player and a complainer. In 2015, Crosby fought Dubinsky while the latter was with Columbus. Nine months later, Dubinsky crosschecked Crosby in the neck and earned a one-game suspension.

Last year, Crosby said he does have regrets about complaining to the refs too much early in his career, according to Sportsnet's Jeff Marek.

Dubinsky, who is unlikely to suit up in the NHL again due to a chronic wrist injury, registered 438 points in 823 games during his 13-year career.

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