WJC: 2021 Canada Roster Talk

[TheBeastCoast]

Being completely honest in thinking about it if the standard all of the teams are held to is that if there is a positive test then the entire team goes into lockdown for two weeks the real issue will be pretty much every other team coming from around the world. Enter the bubble on the 10th and if there is a positive case on the 10th or 11th from anyone upon entering then they(and there team) are done until the 24th or the 25th. This should mean by the end of the two weeks that Canada has Covid stamped out. If any of the other teams have the same issues Canada is having now the timelines get...not so great.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

How far in advance did NHL team enter the bubble before they started playing?

Days I believe but they did a phased move into the bubble and every player had to of tested negative before moving into the bubble.

 

[ORRFForever]

Being completely honest in thinking about it if the standard all of the teams are held to is that if there is a positive test then the entire team goes into lockdown for two weeks the real issue will be pretty much every other team coming from around the world. Enter the bubble on the 10th and if there is a positive case on the 10th or 11th from anyone upon entering then they(and there team) are done until the 24th or the 25th. This should mean by the end of the two weeks that Canada has Covid stamped out. If any of the other teams have the same issues Canada is having now the timelines get...not so great.

So... we might have an advantage after all.

How will they keep teams apart?

 

[Statsy]

Owen Power's coach is saying, "I told you staying here was what's best for you". Unfortunately, he was right!

Ouch! This one stings a bit.

 

[Statsy]

Give a thought to the guys that just got OUT of a two week quarantine!

 

[Czechboy]

Agreed with the bubble comparison for playins.. this is a great time to get this and shut it down (obviously not getting it at all would be even better). I'd call Canada the favourties to win this and the timing of this is ideal. Once the playins began, no one got a case to my knowledge. Same thing will happen here.

 

[horner]

Can they not quarentine for 7 days .
2 weeks is a bit much.
There is only one team once they bring in the rest of these teams, it's going to be very tough to keep this place safe from covid.
This tournament won't happen with Canada.
In the states it would .
Its sad was really looking forward to watching this tourny.

Obviously the kids are in a bubble, so it was the help coming in from the outside . Do these people not have a rappid test coming into the bubble .

The NHL is going to have a very hard time playing in Canada .

 

[Statsy]

Can they not quarentine for 7 days .
2 weeks is a bit much.
There is only one team once they bring in the rest of these teams, it's going to be very tough to keep this place safe from covid.
This tournament won't happen with Canada.
In the states it would .
Its sad was really looking forward to watching this tourny.

Obviously the kids are in a bubble, so it was the help coming in from the outside . Do these people not have a rappid test coming into the bubble .

The NHL is going to have a very hard time playing in Canada .

In a full bubble you don’t have people coming in from outside. All the cooks, cleaners, support staff, etc. are in there with you for the full time of the bubble. That’s one of the things that makes it so expensive. Obviously Hockey Canada couldn’t afford to do it for the tournament AND an extended camp so we end up with people coming and going, hence the problem we now face.

 

[JackSlater]

Rishaug says that the USports games are likely not happening, even those that would take place after the new quarantine ends.



Hockey Canada really blew what was looking like a unique opportunity to have the team extra prepared for the tournament.

 

[Gold Standard]

It was all easily predictable. We really are living in the age of stupid. but oh well. I think it's about 50/50 at this point that this tournament even happens.

 

[Boonk]

What a dumb set of decisions to jeopardize camp. Now all of that advantage of being prepared for a whole month is tossed out the window. Good job HC

 

[canuckking1]

Tough blow for a lot of players who haven't played hockey in months.

 

[Garyboy]

Has there ever been a WJC’s where the host team couldn’t compete due to quarantine issues? Maybe they can bring up the finalist from the B division if Canada keeps getting positive tests.

 

[lanky]

What a dumb set of decisions to jeopardize camp. Now all of that advantage of being prepared for a whole month is tossed out the window. Good job HC

What decisions were dumb?

I'm assuming that someone caught the virus in transit to Alberta. The timeline seems about right. Of course no one will ever know exactly how or where it was contracted.

 

[Prominence Problem]

The irony here is that many players would have sacrificed so much, and done everything in their power to stay safe and not contract covid-19 to make it out to Alberta to participate in this camp, only to get to the camp and contract covid-19.

 

[goldenbladz1]

Sure. Have fun staying inside the rest of your life while people like you push for unprecedented levels of suicide & depression this winter over a bad flu w/ a 99.997% survival rate for those younger than 70 (CDC stats).

Boohoo so you have to stay away from visiting people and travel for a few months how is that depression. People think just because you may be sad or lonely that it's depression...It isn't. Covid is more of a danger right now.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Has there ever been a WJC’s where the host team couldn’t compete due to quarantine issues? Maybe they can bring up the finalist from the B division if Canada keeps getting positive tests.

I think you have it backwards here. By the time the tournament roles around Canada will probably be the one team that will be able to confidently say there is no covid running through the team/staff. All the other teams are gathering a little over 2 weeks before the start of the tournament before traveling to Canada. To think that none of those other teams will have positive cases is silly.

 

[Statsy]

Hockey Canada is getting a lot of flak right now for this, but I’m not certain it’s all warranted. This virus is ridiculously contagious, and it’s asymptomatic spread makes it all the more insidious. There are definitely precautions that can be taken, and HC has taken them but there is nothing that’s foolproof. A full bubble is so expensive that even the NHL has balked at the idea of doing that again, and they have a LOT more money to throw around than HC does. Aside from that, what else would you have done that they didn’t?

 

[ORRFForever]

I think you have it backwards here. By the time the tournament roles around Canada will probably be the one team that will be able to confidently say there is no covid running through the team/staff. All the other teams are gathering a little over 2 weeks before the start of the tournament before traveling to Canada. To think that none of those other teams will have positive cases is silly.

Very true.

 

[ORRFForever]

Hockey Canada is getting a lot of flak right now for this, but I’m not certain it’s all warranted. This virus is ridiculously contagious, and it’s asymptomatic spread makes it all the more insidious. There are definitely precautions that can be taken, and HC has taken them but there is nothing that’s foolproof. A full bubble is so expensive that even the NHL has balked at the idea of doing that again, and they have a LOT more money to throw around than HC does. Aside from that, what else would you have done that they didn’t?

That's true.

All of my posts were based on an initial reaction - it's hard not to feel lousy. The more I think about it, the more I realize this was... not inevitable... but close.

 

[ORRFForever]

It was all easily predictable. We really are living in the age of stupid. but oh well. I think it's about 50/50 at this point that this tournament even happens.

Unfortunately, I'm starting to think you're right.

While Canada has time to put Humpty Dumpty together, the other teams won't have that window. What if one of those teams come in and re-infect Team Canada?

This could easily go bad.

 

[horner]

Hockey Canada is getting a lot of flak right now for this, but I’m not certain it’s all warranted. This virus is ridiculously contagious, and it’s asymptomatic spread makes it all the more insidious. There are definitely precautions that can be taken, and HC has taken them but there is nothing that’s foolproof. A full bubble is so expensive that even the NHL has balked at the idea of doing that again, and they have a LOT more money to throw around than HC does. Aside from that, what else would you have done that they didn’t?

My only question is.
They have made a boat load of money over the years of hosting this tournament .
They are playing at NHL arenas .
Not paying the players .
We shouldn't cry poor hockey Canada.
They will make a ton more money in the future.

 

[ORRFForever]

My only question is.
They have made a boat load of money over the years of hosting this tournament .
They are playing at NHL arenas .
Not paying the players .
We shouldn't cry poor hockey Canada.
They will make a ton more money in the future.

No one is crying for Hockey Canada. In fact, we have be generous with our criticism.

 

[surixon]

Well I dont see how this is at all good news for this team. The team is going to be going into the tournament with very little in the way of actual game play this year. The players are going to be at a substantial disadvantage in compared to their European counterparts who have been playing regularly for the past couple of months.

 

[ORRFForever]

Well I dont see how this is at all good news for this team. The team is going to be going into the tournament with very little in the way of actual game play this year. The players are going to be at a substantial disadvantage in compared to their European counterparts who have been playing regularly for the past couple of months.

Practice is suppose to start on the 6th. That gives us 2 weeks which, isn't a lot, but should be enough. Add an exhibition game or 2, 3 easy round robin games, and we might hit our peak on NYE.

Agree, not good news (we should have started earlier), but...