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Post by Jacques Strap on Jan 26, 2021 14:19:49 GMT -4
I am thinking if the teams bus right to the rink when they arrive and then hop on the bus and leave immediately after the game where would the risk for exposure happen?
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Post by lirette on Jan 26, 2021 14:33:38 GMT -4
I am thinking if the teams bus right to the rink when they arrive and then hop on the bus and leave immediately after the game where would the risk for exposure happen? If the players are truly isolating other than playing games and practice the biggest risk for them would be the billet families who would potentially be out in the community. Other possibilities would be linesman and referees who work full time jobs. |
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Post by SteveUL on Jan 26, 2021 14:36:47 GMT -4
I am thinking if the teams bus right to the rink when they arrive and then hop on the bus and leave immediately after the game where would the risk for exposure happen? The risk is in having somebody test negative, and then play a game and get in close quarters with other players, and pass it along. Then that gets spread around the community until the player that picked it up gets tested again. What you describe does minimize risk but I don't think the testing protocol they are using is foolproof. |
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Post by countryboy on Jan 26, 2021 15:32:01 GMT -4
To me, this is not a done deal.... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-islanders-hockey-team-covid-1.5888027As I mentioned.... it's risky business subjecting the players to the treatment where they have to self-isolate at all times.... so away from billet family, not allowed to go to school or any place else for that matter. They are teenagers. Some will forget the rules and some will try to skirt the rules. But they are in the public eye and any sort of slip up means that all negative attention is on them. But even beyond this, in the news article it states that the team could face charges if they don't follow the health rules properly. Could you imagine the optics of this? If they were fined for violating the health rules, it would be certainly a negative impact on the team and management. The rules are strict on PEI and there's nothing we or the Islanders can do to change them... except to be patient. To me, the only solution is for the Islanders to pull out of the grouping with the NS teams and hopefully in 2 weeks time the rules might be softened enough to allow play against Halifax and Cape Breton.... or at least we only play our home games for now and catch up on the road games hopefully later in the winter. I don't see how we can put the players and staff into a permanent quarantine until the rules change again. |
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Post by Edguy on Jan 28, 2021 11:28:41 GMT -4
The QMJHL just needs to do a maritime bubble.. get everyone in one spot and isolate them.
To me thats gotta be the best way to finish this season
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Post by ysj28 on Jan 28, 2021 11:52:02 GMT -4
The QMJHL just needs to do a maritime bubble.. get everyone in one spot and isolate them. To me thats gotta be the best way to finish this season Unlike their Quebec counterparts, no government in the Maritimes has (or probably won't) give the teams millions of dollars to be able to afford to do bubbles. Maritime owners have no interest in one. |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Jan 28, 2021 12:10:59 GMT -4
The QMJHL just needs to do a maritime bubble.. get everyone in one spot and isolate them. To me thats gotta be the best way to finish this season Everyone knows thats the best way. Paying for it has been and continues to be the issue. |
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Post by rockon on Feb 1, 2021 12:02:42 GMT -4
The QMJHL just needs to do a maritime bubble.. get everyone in one spot and isolate them. To me thats gotta be the best way to finish this season Everyone knows thats the best way. Paying for it has been and continues to be the issue. I totally agree.....what do people think about getting support from the Government to financially support such a plan until we live in a safer world? |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Feb 1, 2021 12:18:22 GMT -4
Everyone knows thats the best way. Paying for it has been and continues to be the issue. I totally agree.....what do people think about getting support from the Government to financially support such a plan until we live in a safer world? I think Nova Scotia giving Bobby Smith and Irwin Simon a handout would be a disaster optics wise in a province that has done a pretty good job over the past year. I can't even attend a game if my tax dollars go to prop up a league that was moving forward without government handouts as it was. I'm not at all in favor of adding to debt so the Q teams in the Maritimes can bubble up. Just end this farce of a season and come back strong next season with whoever has weathered the storm. Even if the provinces kick money in its not guarantee of a playoff involving Quebec teams and the Memorial Cup just isn't happening. What exactly are these teams playing for? There's too many other areas money could be better spent in my opinion. |
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Post by lirette on Feb 1, 2021 12:44:08 GMT -4
A government funded bubble just seems entirely unlikely right now despite the fact that its the most likely way every maritime team could complete their season.
The only reason that the games aren't being played with limited fans (per their original model) is because NB has collapsed the bubble. Although there is another part of me that wonders if one of these more transmissible variants gets detected in any of the 3 provinces there'd be even further restrictions on travel which would ruin things anyway.
NS / PEI governments bailing out their teams because of NB impacting their plans would be a terrible look, and theres almost zero chance the NB government puts up any money. Seems to me the only way a bubble possibly happens is Irving/Irwin/Mccains fork out some of their own cash to pay for testing and accommodations out of the goodness of their hearts and because they believe the optics would look good. Teams like Bathurst & PEI who have more of a shared ownership model is unlikely to have the additional capitol to support a bubble, although I'm not familiar with how personally wealthy some of their ownership is.
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Post by rockon on Feb 1, 2021 13:43:05 GMT -4
I totally agree.....what do people think about getting support from the Government to financially support such a plan until we live in a safer world? I think Nova Scotia giving Bobby Smith and Irwin Simon a handout would be a disaster optics wise in a province that has done a pretty good job over the past year. I can't even attend a game if my tax dollars go to prop up a league that was moving forward without government handouts as it was. I'm not at all in favor of adding to debt so the Q teams in the Maritimes can bubble up. Just end this farce of a season and come back strong next season with whoever has weathered the storm. Even if the provinces kick money in its not guarantee of a playoff involving Quebec teams and the Memorial Cup just isn't happening. What exactly are these teams playing for? There's too many other areas money could be better spent in my opinion. Then we should end this charade and move on cause this pandemic will not be going away soon! |
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Post by Jack Bauer on Feb 1, 2021 14:13:37 GMT -4
I think Nova Scotia giving Bobby Smith and Irwin Simon a handout would be a disaster optics wise in a province that has done a pretty good job over the past year. I can't even attend a game if my tax dollars go to prop up a league that was moving forward without government handouts as it was. I'm not at all in favor of adding to debt so the Q teams in the Maritimes can bubble up. Just end this farce of a season and come back strong next season with whoever has weathered the storm. Even if the provinces kick money in its not guarantee of a playoff involving Quebec teams and the Memorial Cup just isn't happening. What exactly are these teams playing for? There's too many other areas money could be better spent in my opinion. Then we should end this charade and move on cause this pandemic will not be going away soon! The risk goes away once we've reached herd immunity through vaccinating around 70%+ of our population. That sounds like it should come before Q4 2021. A November 1st CHL season start should be fine to get a normal full schedule in next season. But otherwise...I agree...this charade or whatever it is should just come to an end. It's not like we now have a large chunk of players now on scouts radars or that we're getting a huge advantage on the leagues not playing. The WJHC wasn't exactly team QMJHL even though it was the only league playing. I just don't see the upside for us...at least the Quebec teams have their government money to show for their efforts. Our 6 teams just have losses to show for it. |
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