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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 6, 2020 11:10:14 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 8, 2020 14:02:53 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 9, 2020 7:01:14 GMT -4
20-21 dates...
The start of the 2020-21 NHL season is tentatively set for December 1, according to TSN's Frank Seravalli. The new information, along with other tentative dates, were outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement Memorandum of Understanding. The last possible date for this year's Stanley Cup Final is slated for Oct. 2 and free agency will follow seven days after the trophy is awarded. The interview period has apparently been scrapped under new CBA. The tentative date for the 2020 NHL Draft is Oct. 6, but it must be after the Stanley Cup Playoffs and before the opening of free agency. The dates are, of course, subject to change
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 16, 2020 10:26:12 GMT -4
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Post by bois on Jul 20, 2020 8:24:56 GMT -4
Bruins have 9 players deemed unfit to play right now
this whole thing is likely to blow up before it even starts
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Post by Jack Bauer on Jul 20, 2020 9:03:00 GMT -4
Bruins have 9 players deemed unfit to play right now this whole thing is likely to blow up before it even starts I've never been more uninterested in the sport of hockey after a multi month layoff as I am with this stunt. Will be funny watching the hockey nerds rip apart systems and management decisions from 6-8 months ago based on 3 or 4 games in August that will come down to shitty goaltending due to lack of preparation in real game situations.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 20, 2020 10:08:50 GMT -4
NHL players need 3 negative tests spaced 48 hours apart in the 7 days prior to travel to Canada. Any positive tests after Wed or Thurs this week and they won’t hit that mark. We could be talking about players left behind until cleared. Crucial week for the leagues testing. --------
I think some of the players on some teams that arrived late (July 12 or 13) from Europe were not allowed to join their teams right away for practice as in US some states they also have quarantine rules. In fact NYC tri-state area has a mandatory 14 day quarantine for people who came to NYC from some 20 out of control covid states in their own country.
It's actually a good idea to button them down in case they get infected now. Especially a top 4 team. Their first week of games are not really consequential. So missing some training camp rather be safe than sorry.
Ilya Samsonov has not practiced with his team since arriving for stage 3. He is the backup goalie. He arrived back on July 3 or 4. His 14 days should be over now. The plane to Toronto leaves in a week. Let's see if he practices this week.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 20, 2020 15:53:23 GMT -4
The testing on NHLers and MLBers has been really low, will be much harder for NFL teams with the big camps they have.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 20, 2020 20:02:57 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 21, 2020 10:21:18 GMT -4
Pro sports bubbles being a pretty big success is more proof that the Covid response in the US was a clusterfuck. Even more so when compared to Europe.
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Post by Mika on Jul 21, 2020 12:09:07 GMT -4
I'm excited to get this started. Nervous too for player safety. A big unknown is what are the after effects of the virus. Every virus has some sort of after effect.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 21, 2020 13:01:56 GMT -4
I'm excited to get this started. Nervous too for player safety. A big unknown is what are the after effects of the virus. Every virus has some sort of after effect. I am anxious to get it started. I think the NHL did as much as they could to cover the bases here and address players needs and everyone's fears. I dont really fear for the players. I am sure they will be safe and looked after and treated if they get sick. I am more concerned for the fallout if somehow after all of these precautions Covid becomes rampant anyway and it has to shut down. That result will sting any venture to return to normal all the things outside the bubbles if they cant contain and protect these bubbles it bodes terribly for ever getting govts and public health in Canada to authorize anything until a vaccine.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Jul 22, 2020 13:02:08 GMT -4
I'm excited to get this started. Nervous too for player safety. A big unknown is what are the after effects of the virus. Every virus has some sort of after effect. I am anxious to get it started. I think the NHL did as much as they could to cover the bases here and address players needs and everyone's fears. I dont really fear for the players. I am sure they will be safe and looked after and treated if they get sick. I am more concerned for the fallout if somehow after all of these precautions Covid becomes rampant anyway and it has to shut down. That result will sting any venture to return to normal all the things outside the bubbles if they cant contain and protect these bubbles it bodes terribly for ever getting govts and public health in Canada to authorize anything until a vaccine. Sounds like the Bruins aren't pleased with when players reported as it's now causing issues with their travel plans as a team. Mind blowing how these leagues had so much time to plan yet simple logistical stuff was completely ignored. But I think everyone has it all wrong about shutting down. It would take a monumental event for anything to stop now. Players or a coach would have to die. One fact we can't ignore is that when covid hit Italy and we seen the death rate pop up into the 8% marker the entire world started to panic. But since then we know a lot more. The death rate has come down as the US has basically chosen herd immunity through ignorance and exposed a large % of their population to it meaning we know more about how the disease hits different demographics. And there really are not many generally healthy adults passing away let alone athletes in shape to play pro sports. The Americans have let the NBA set up shop and get test results within 24 hours while the general public waits for a week. They're a country of 50 states who will try and tell a country of 10 provinces that regional lockdowns using borders as the isolation rule is absolutely and positively impossible in their country as we just proved the complete opposite for 4+ months. Sports are happening until sports people die. NFL might be the deal breaker...obese lineman spitting and clawing at each other for 4 hours once a week as they travel the country might just be the wild card we haven't seen yet in sports.
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Jul 22, 2020 14:48:27 GMT -4
I am anxious to get it started. I think the NHL did as much as they could to cover the bases here and address players needs and everyone's fears. I dont really fear for the players. I am sure they will be safe and looked after and treated if they get sick. I am more concerned for the fallout if somehow after all of these precautions Covid becomes rampant anyway and it has to shut down. That result will sting any venture to return to normal all the things outside the bubbles if they cant contain and protect these bubbles it bodes terribly for ever getting govts and public health in Canada to authorize anything until a vaccine. Sounds like the Bruins aren't pleased with when players reported as it's now causing issues with their travel plans as a team. Mind blowing how these leagues had so much time to plan yet simple logistical stuff was completely ignored. But I think everyone has it all wrong about shutting down. It would take a monumental event for anything to stop now. Players or a coach would have to die. One fact we can't ignore is that when covid hit Italy and we seen the death rate pop up into the 8% marker the entire world started to panic. But since then we know a lot more. The death rate has come down as the US has basically chosen herd immunity through ignorance and exposed a large % of their population to it meaning we know more about how the disease hits different demographics. And there really are not many generally healthy adults passing away let alone athletes in shape to play pro sports. The Americans have let the NBA set up shop and get test results within 24 hours while the general public waits for a week. They're a country of 50 states who will try and tell a country of 10 provinces that regional lockdowns using borders as the isolation rule is absolutely and positively impossible in their country as we just proved the complete opposite for 4+ months. Sports are happening until sports people die. NFL might be the deal breaker...obese lineman spitting and clawing at each other for 4 hours once a week as they travel the country might just be the wild card we haven't seen yet in sports. You have a point about the NFL. Their bullishness will paint a blight on all the others who have tries to work within the lines. I am not worried about NBA/NHL athletes. You can bet they are getting the best health care and as u pointed out they pay for top notch testing. Each team is bubbling a doctor. It's not the leagues' fault that public health cant test better. The NHL has said all along if the test supply or PPE supply is pinched they wont proceed. The problem isnt supply of tests in Florida/Texas now it's the govt contracted labs over run. I know U didnt mean to infer the NHL is jumping a queue because they arent. But some people see the optics as if they are. It would be totally different if on the day the vaccine arrives that teams or corporations horde/buy supply and make vulnerable average people wait. But this whole system shows how inefficient society is to do anything. Masks ran out in February because China needed supply. World supply was pinched. Tests were low in supply in April. Most people with Covid were never diagnosed because the qualifier to be tested had to a very high bar. Borders were clogged with cars on July 3 in NB and NS because people (govt) dont plan properly. They dont forecast things and appropriate resources. I mean how did they think that would go? I am pleasantly surprised that for the most part NHL and NBA have done what they said they would without many hiccups yet.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jul 28, 2020 7:44:01 GMT -4
Field Yates @fieldyates · 19h The NHL announces that of the 4,256 COVID tests administered to players from July 18th-25th, there were zero positive tests. Good news for a league preparing to restart game play.
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