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Post by hockeydog on Dec 2, 2020 12:38:36 GMT -4
Heard from a pretty reliable source that the league is looking into having all teams play in PEI after New Years. Same idea as the Canadian soccer league did this past summer. No concrete plans or final decisions yet, but is being discussed.
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Post by bois on Dec 2, 2020 16:22:09 GMT -4
Heard from a pretty reliable source that the league is looking into having all teams play in PEI after New Years. Same idea as the Canadian soccer league did this past summer. No concrete plans or final decisions yet, but is being discussed. doubt it and i'll be pretty pissed if my sons hockey gets kaiboshed so the major junior league can have a bubble to try and play 2-3 games of a meaningless season |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 2, 2020 16:50:52 GMT -4
Heard from a pretty reliable source that the league is looking into having all teams play in PEI after New Years. Same idea as the Canadian soccer league did this past summer. No concrete plans or final decisions yet, but is being discussed. They've literally looked into most cities to see what is feasible. And they'll find empty hotels anywhere they look because nobody is travelling right now. Everything and everywhere have been discussed. |
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Post by ysj28 on Dec 3, 2020 9:07:36 GMT -4
Does the Eastlink Center even have enough dressing rooms to host all the teams. The criteria for the bubbles after Christmas was that the arena needs to have at least 6 dressing rooms.
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Post by bois on Dec 3, 2020 12:31:20 GMT -4
Does the Eastlink Center even have enough dressing rooms to host all the teams. The criteria for the bubbles after Christmas was that the arena needs to have at least 6 dressing rooms. not with maintaining social distance requirements they don't i'll say there's less than 2% chance of a bubble on PEI for the Q.... |
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Post by islander19 on Dec 3, 2020 13:19:11 GMT -4
We have the shittiest rink with the most strict criteria of getting into the province...it’s not happening here.
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Post by lirette on Dec 3, 2020 13:30:41 GMT -4
Does the Eastlink Center even have enough dressing rooms to host all the teams. The criteria for the bubbles after Christmas was that the arena needs to have at least 6 dressing rooms. not with maintaining social distance requirements they don't i'll say there's less than 2% chance of a bubble on PEI for the Q.... With PEI being the province least touched by covid, it also seems like a political nightmare that its hard to imagine the Premier approving it. Very small economic benefit at a risk of pissing off a bunch of voters for some of the reasons you mentioned. Parents who cant even watch their kid play hockey, people being told to stay home. King has a minority goverment, can't see it being worth the risk for him. I also can't see CB taking on the risk, whos kept their island mostly covid free. Higgs has a majority for 4 years, a relationship with Irving, and Moncton has the best facilities in the maritimes. I don't necessarily want it in Moncton but that'd be my guess of the 6 teams. |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 3, 2020 13:44:27 GMT -4
not with maintaining social distance requirements they don't i'll say there's less than 2% chance of a bubble on PEI for the Q.... With PEI being the province least touched by covid, it also seems like a political nightmare that its hard to imagine the Premier approving it. Very small economic benefit at a risk of pissing off a bunch of voters for some of the reasons you mentioned. Parents who cant even watch their kid play hockey, people being told to stay home. King has a minority goverment, can't see it being worth the risk for him. I also can't see CB taking on the risk, whos kept their island mostly covid free. Higgs has a majority for 4 years, a relationship with Irving, and Moncton has the best facilities in the maritimes. I don't necessarily want it in Moncton but that'd be my guess of the 6 teams. Agreed that if they go that route Moncton seems to make the most sense when all factors come into play. The infrastructure and political situation allow for it way more then in NS and PEI. |
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Post by lirette on Dec 3, 2020 13:46:55 GMT -4
Maybe Higgs is saving up all the rapid tests for the Q bubble. He doesn't seem to have any interest in deploying them like NS Has. Even Wolfville has a free testing site up
If they do a bubble there is absolutely no excuse for them not to do tests. If they can't afford it then don't do it at all.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 3, 2020 13:57:24 GMT -4
Maybe Higgs is saving up all the rapid tests for the Q bubble. He doesn't seem to have any interest in deploying them like NS Has. Even Wolfville has a free testing site up If they do a bubble there is absolutely no excuse for them not to do tests. If they can't afford it then don't do it at all. The Q isn't going to do any tests because it costs them money. People keep just ignoring this because they'd rather not think about it but the league isn't doing any proactive testing on its own. The fact any provinces heard their plan and approved it should have us all shaking our heads considering how little movement they've expected some of us to have since March. People here in CB are ready to torch their neighbors house if they go to Costco in Dartmouth. But see little wrong with the Saint John Sea Dogs rolling in with 30 people from a hot spot. And yes I know we didn't know it was a hot spot at the time but that's the entire point of quarantines and everything else: you don't know covid is spreading for 2 weeks or so after its already spread. So with no tests and busses filled with teenagers (going to school, living in local communities and more importantly: not doing anything close to a quarantine) we're just begging for the virus to travel from place to place because god knows we can't have these 16/17yr olds not playing hockey for 5 minutes per night 10 times or so on average over 3-4 months. |
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Post by countryboy on Dec 3, 2020 14:11:57 GMT -4
No way they could do the bubble at the Eastlink Centre.... There just isn't the space in the facility to swing it.
They'd probably have more luck trying to do this at UPEI or in Summerside..... but they've already said that the bubble will be in a Q building.
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Post by bois on Dec 3, 2020 15:04:16 GMT -4
No way they could do the bubble at the Eastlink Centre.... There just isn't the space in the facility to swing it. They'd probably have more luck trying to do this at UPEI or in Summerside..... but they've already said that the bubble will be in a Q building. Summerside would be doable.... UPEI nope but again i don't see it happening..... hockeydogs reliable source might need to review his reliability p.s. King is no longer a minority government (to lirette) but the rest of your post i agree with |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Dec 3, 2020 15:40:42 GMT -4
No way they could do the bubble at the Eastlink Centre.... There just isn't the space in the facility to swing it. They'd probably have more luck trying to do this at UPEI or in Summerside..... but they've already said that the bubble will be in a Q building. Summerside would be doable.... UPEI nope but again i don't see it happening..... hockeydogs reliable source might need to review his reliability p.s. King is no longer a minority government (to lirette) but the rest of your post i agree with I believe his source. But in that the league has looked into every Maritime market to see who could potentially host a bubble. So it's not like it's a huge secret that the team would have been asked to provide some logistics. I just don't see how it's logical outside of Moncton or Halifax and maybe SJ. Nobody else has the infrastructure and/or desire to get involved in trying to host that as there's just no return on it outside of the slight economic benefit to filling a couple of hotels for a few days. |
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Post by lirette on Dec 3, 2020 16:05:09 GMT -4
No way they could do the bubble at the Eastlink Centre.... There just isn't the space in the facility to swing it. They'd probably have more luck trying to do this at UPEI or in Summerside..... but they've already said that the bubble will be in a Q building. Summerside would be doable.... UPEI nope but again i don't see it happening..... hockeydogs reliable source might need to review his reliability p.s. King is no longer a minority government (to lirette) but the rest of your post i agree with Missed the by-election my bad. Same point remains, The Q has done very little to prove they can keep cases out, so asking for hundreds of staff/players/refs etc to travel to your small mostly covid free province just seems bad when I'm sure he'd love nothing more than to have this covid handling on his resume for the next election, and also just trying to keep people safe. |
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Post by Smiley on Dec 4, 2020 11:51:37 GMT -4
No way they could do the bubble at the Eastlink Centre.... There just isn't the space in the facility to swing it. They'd probably have more luck trying to do this at UPEI or in Summerside..... but they've already said that the bubble will be in a Q building. Summerside would be doable.... UPEI nope but again i don't see it happening..... hockeydogs reliable source might need to review his reliability p.s. King is no longer a minority government (to lirette) but the rest of your post i agree with I don't know hockeydogs but I believe his post is accurate. Courteau has pretty much already stated this...that they sent proposals to all provinces with an idea of bubbles. The Q would most likely love to bubble in PEI - you guys are an envy because of geography help, and population, and strict protocols. But will it happen in PEI - doubt it (for the above reasons). I have a hard time seeing McNeil in NS agreeing to this as well. It would have to lead to a bubble in the downtown core of Halifax, which right now doesn't seem smart. People are getting $1000 fines in Halifax for having groups of 10-15 people...how would they fine citizens but then let a bunch of hockey teams to be exemptions. My bet is on NB. |
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