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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Dec 5, 2020 8:57:49 GMT -4
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. It wont happen as long as any of these areas are in "elevated" restriction like Halifax or orange level like Moncton and Saint John right now. Even the NHL bubble didnt commence when a zone was in an orange or red level. If Maritimes all abide by the rules January may look different in terms of community spread and the designation of tighter controls. Halifax just extended its extra rules (limited gathering and fines) until Dec 16. It will likely be pushed back/extended further. There is no way they want to encourage New Years gatherings unless covid # new cases drop significantly. But they are basing this on todays actual snapshot at public health. Not predicting what the end of January may be like for a closed hockey bubble. |
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Post by jimmy on Dec 9, 2020 15:35:47 GMT -4
Moncton makes sense for a Maritime bubble if status quo re: COVID holds - there are two brand new hotels with restaurants that just opened this Fall (nice timing, huh?) in addition to the Crowne Plaza all right across the street from the Avenir Centre. You could set up visiting teams in these three hotels, and have very limited exposure to the general population. Plus the Avenir Centre would have a large number of spacious dressing rooms.
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Post by Penguins23® on Dec 9, 2020 19:11:41 GMT -4
Moncton makes sense for a Maritime bubble if status quo re: COVID holds - there are two brand new hotels with restaurants that just opened this Fall (nice timing, huh?) in addition to the Crowne Plaza all right across the street from the Avenir Centre. You could set up visiting teams in these three hotels, and have very limited exposure to the general population. Plus the Avenir Centre would have a large number of spacious dressing rooms. You'd be surprised how not spacious the extra dressing rooms are at the Avenir. (Excluding the usual Q ones obviously) |
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Post by yesisaiditfirst on Dec 10, 2020 8:16:10 GMT -4
Moncton makes sense for a Maritime bubble if status quo re: COVID holds - there are two brand new hotels with restaurants that just opened this Fall (nice timing, huh?) in addition to the Crowne Plaza all right across the street from the Avenir Centre. You could set up visiting teams in these three hotels, and have very limited exposure to the general population. Plus the Avenir Centre would have a large number of spacious dressing rooms. You'd be surprised how not spacious the extra dressing rooms are at the Avenir. (Excluding the usual Q ones obviously) So in the NHL experiment the league blocked off sections of the Leaf and Oilers dressing rooms to make them smaller. All those extra lounge spaces of the regular home rooms were off limits so that whichever team used those nicer rooms didnt get an advantage. May be able to make them more even with lesser accommodations. Also in the NHL experience in Edmonton they used 4 rooms and also had 2 smaller rooms in use for officiating and medical etc -. They disinfected the first rooms used so that different teams could move in for the later game when they had 3 games in one day. Toronto had the Leafs and Raptors rooms plus the NHL and NBA visitor rooms which were all different sizes, and the Edmonton format had 4 good size hockey rooms. Two NHL + WHL Oil Kings room and the visitor WHL room. Not many arenas have 6 full size dressing rooms. It may matter in the bubble of 6 teams for storing all equipment and having a training-medical area. |
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