Barracuda News & Discussion - Part 5

[landshark]

Are these AHL games televised? like on the AHLtv app thing?

edit: AHLtv app says yes!

Looks like no pre-season games.

 

[CupfortheSharks]

He's non-roster but I don't know the particulars as to what rules they're playing with but my guess is this essentially a conditioning assignment type of thing given his status.

Yup. Capfriedly shows Balcers was activated from non-roster the sent out on a conditioning loan. The Sharks also did a bunch more minor type moves.

 

[LadyStanley]

Road warriors

 

[LadyStanley]

Warmups

 

[LadyStanley]

I'm having really bad audio on Barracuda side.

HSK audio: (select 1230 the game)
The Game 1230 AM Lineup


Edit:
But after a few refreshes, Cuda seems to be working.

 

[LadyStanley]

Sjbarracuda.com/listen working. Sharks audio with Sommer interview.

 

[Hobocop]

The taxi guys are in, including Melnichuk tonight.

Handemark, Leonard and Middleton as well.

 

[OrrNumber4]

So...how have the highly-touted players like Merkley, Robins, Wiesblatt, and Melnichuk looked?

 

[LadyStanley]

No video.


Game called after 40 minutes.

No explanation given (yet).

Players were coming out for third and directed off the ice.

 

[91Fedorov91]

No video.


Game called after 40 minutes.

No explanation given (yet).

Players were coming out for third and directed off the ice.

Someone tested positive for Covid

 

[hohosaregood]

So...how have the highly-touted players like Merkley, Robins, Wiesblatt, and Melnichuk looked?

They're good at losing too I guess.

 

[Lebanezer]

Someone tested positive for Covid

Always a good idea to play the games before you receive the results of the most recent Covid tests.

 

[LadyStanley]

And it appears to be someone with the Cuda.

 

[hohosaregood]

Nooo we're the bad guys

 

[LadyStanley]

Nothing specific

 

[Coily]

It was Balcers

 

[Hobocop]

News anchor in LV says Barracuda player tested positive.

I really have to know how two periods of hockey are played before the test results come back. That doesn't seem like a useful process.

 

[Cas]

News anchor in LV says Barracuda player tested positive.

I really have to know how two periods of hockey are played before that's picked up. That doesn't seem like a useful process.

I think everyone gets tested on a regular basis, but they do not require all tests to be completed with a "negative" result prior to game time.

That does seem silly to me, particularly since we know that not everyone just gets through covid easily - baseball player Eduardo Rodriguez missed the entire 2020 season with complications from covid, and apparently Marco Rossi had to go back to Austria to rest and recover with family. I'm sure there are several other known examples.

Really, all players should be tested and require a negative test result prior to game time, but the logistics required would be onerous.

Regardless, that's going to put a crimp on both the Barracuda and (probably) Sharks' seasons for a couple weeks. Expect delays.

 

[Hobocop]

I think everyone gets tested on a regular basis, but they do not require all tests to be completed with a "negative" result prior to game time.

That does seem silly to me, particularly since we know that not everyone just gets through covid easily - baseball player Eduardo Rodriguez missed the entire 2020 season with complications from covid, and apparently Marco Rossi had to go back to Austria to rest and recover with family. I'm sure there are several other known examples.

Really, all players should be tested and require a negative test result prior to game time, but the logistics required would be onerous.

Regardless, that's going to put a crimp on both the Barracuda and (probably) Sharks' seasons for a couple weeks. Expect delays.

Yeah, it's absolutely silly, and the optics of this are terrible. Definitely makes things a lot more complicated, since the taxi squad was down here getting an extra game in too.

I would guess the final Cuda preseason game (Feb. 1) is out, probably with the phrase "abundance of caution" thrown in there, but the Sharks and Barracuda both don't play again after that until Friday. Hopefully that's long enough to get this sorted out.

 

[Mattb124]

This could be bad with the Sharks considering the # of taxi squad guys that travelled with the Cuda.

 

[LadyStanley]

That does seem silly to me, particularly since we know that not everyone just gets through covid easily - baseball player Eduardo Rodriguez missed the entire 2020 season with complications from covid, and apparently Marco Rossi had to go back to Austria to rest and recover with family. I'm sure there are several other known examples.

60 minutes did a segment in November on the "Covid Long Haulers". There's a renowned NYC clinic working with folks from around the world. Lots of respiratory issues and more concerning symptoms.

 

[LadyStanley]

One player

 

[Mattb124]

60 minutes did a segment in November on the "Covid Long Haulers". There's a renowned NYC clinic working with folks from around the world. Lots of respiratory issues and more concerning symptoms.

Such an odd disease. So very few people who get it have bad outcomes. But even recovery for those folks is no real solace as, of those who end up being hospitalized/recover, ~12% of them end up dying within 140 days from downstream impacts of the disease.

 

[LadyStanley]

Preview starts Monday.

Also new episode of Cuda Confidential podcast out.

 

[LadyStanley]

Cuda schedule update