Do you think any of them are sick? 95% of NHL positives are asymptomatic.
Haven't seen any reporting on that. NFL players are certainly showing issues as they are only testing players with symptoms and every team has several positives each week.
Do you think any of them are sick? 95% of NHL positives are asymptomatic.
Will be interesting to see what happens. Especially if they end up having a Super Bowl where half the players are backups/practice roster dudes. Will the NFL want that? I mean, Super Bowl ratings will be astronomical no matter what thoughCleveland.
Waiting to see how they deal with it in playoffs. Not testing players who aren't symptomatic but that's kind of a low bar too. If Tom Brady has a cough on Super Bowl Saturday would they bench him?
We'll see how hard Omicron hits the Canadian medical system...hopefully it comes and goes quickly with few hospitalizations, as it seems to have done in other areas.May as well cancel the NHL season, too. At this rate the season cant be played anyway.
Jets are in lottery position now. Should get a good prospect in the top 16 picks.
May as well cancel the NHL season, too. At this rate the season cant be played anyway.
Jets are in lottery position now. Should get a good prospect in the top 16 picks.
If the NHL was able to complete the 2019-20 season when there were no vaccines and covid presented a much more serious risk of death, then surely it can find a way to complete this season?!
Hope he had a bonus for that lolHey Perfetti finished the tournament as the leading scorer right?
In 2076 they are going to officially release the stats hopefully some of us will be around to learn the truth.If the NHL was able to complete the 2019-20 season when there were no vaccines and covid presented a much more serious risk of death, then surely it can find a way to complete this season?!
The death of the tourney is due to Omicron and not being prepared for it.The death knell for the tourney was forcing an entire team to quarantine/ forfeit with a single positive.
I'm not sure how they reasonably expected to complete the tournament under those impossible protocols.
The death of the tourney is due to Omicron and not being prepared for it.
There was no bubble. Players are staying at hotels with the general public.
Doomed to fail by what I'd say is poor preparation.
I don’t want to disclose too much of my personal life but when I was younger I participated in a sports tournament at a MUCH lower level than this and the organizers still rented out a hotel to keep athletes and coaches separate from the general public. This was a competition that would’ve made a few dollars from sponsorships and general admission tickets but certainly didn’t have the TV deal nor international recognition of the WJC. But they were still able to afford to rent out a hotel (granted there was no Covid then). This just seems like a farce from IIHF and Hockey Canada.
These things are organized well in advance. At the time they likely did all of the booking and logistics things likely looked good for anyone that was vaccinated.
That still doesnt absolve them of what is looking like a major oversight in not to rent out a single hotel for all players and staff. That should have been simple and quite frankly expected to be done.
That may not have stopped this but it would have given them a better chance. I think it's more shit timing with this new variant
Lol it is exactly this type of thinking that cancelled the WJC. Do yourself a favor, stop listening to the media and the narrative that cases are the end of the world.
What if I told you an estimated 3 billion people will get Omicron in the next 3 months? I bet with what you've demonstrated here you'll probably cancel your entire life.
If the NHL was able to complete the 2019-20 season when there were no vaccines and covid presented a much more serious risk of death, then surely it can find a way to complete this season?!