GDT: Blues @ Vegas | The Search for 2 Straight Wins| 8pm, FSMW|

[Got One Cup]

Wonder if any of the players who played Tuesday tested positive. That would suck.

 

[Thallis]

Whatever is in Vegas better damn well stay with Vegas.

If players are testing positive, I doubt it will.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I was kind of expecting this. It’s going to be a difficult year. Hopefully there is a suitable opportunity to vaccinate the majority of players soon, to greatly reduce the chances for this type of thing.

 

[Joshuar56]

Don't worry guys, I'm crafting a Mark Stone voodoo doll and will ask Damballah to make him suffer.

Maybe Sundqvist should kill another guy...

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Never should of played the first game. Much rather miss two games than quarantine for multiple weeks and have Blues players infected. Hurts on multiple levels

I wouldn’t really consider sharing the ice for a hockey game a high risk exposure. It’s sitting together in the locker room and close on the bench, sharing facilities, that is more likely for transmission. If a Blues player tested positive after, I’d more quickly assume it was an exposure to a person in a support role behind the scenes.

You also have to wonder how many Blues already had Covid and may not really be at risk. We’ve been told about a few.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Game 122 between the @GoldenKnights and @StLouisBlues has been postponed.

 

[Note Worthy]

Officially postponed

 

[Ted Hoffman]

We didn't lose tonight! Hooray!

 

[The Note in MI]

I wouldn’t really consider sharing the ice for a hockey game a high risk exposure. It’s sitting together in the locker room and close on the bench, sharing facilities, that is more likely for transmission. If a Blues player tested positive after, I’d more quickly assume it was an exposure to a person in a support role behind the scenes.

You also have to wonder how many Blues already had Covid and may not really be at risk. We’ve been told about a few.

I don’t even know how to respond to this from a Physicians standpoint.

 

[Got One Cup]

I wouldn’t really consider sharing the ice for a hockey game a high risk exposure. It’s sitting together in the locker room and close on the bench, sharing facilities, that is more likely for transmission. If a Blues player tested positive after, I’d more quickly assume it was an exposure to a person in a support role behind the scenes.

You also have to wonder how many Blues already had Covid and may not really be at risk. We’ve been told about a few.

I think it would be pretty easy for players to give it to each other during a game. No mask, close contact, guys sweating and spitting. Seems more risky than walking in a gas station without a mask on.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

Stone is still an ass

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

I think it would be pretty easy for players to give it to each other during a game. No mask, close contact, guys sweating and spitting. Seems more risky than walking in a gas station without a mask on.

You have to factor the viral load a player could carry and be asymptomatic. It’s not the same thing as imagining a person actively sick with respiratory symptoms skating out there. I’m assuming the players are feeling pretty good if they’re playing professional hockey.

There are plenty of other reasons I have that opinion. A large open arena is more similar to being outdoors than inside a home. Although players sweat and spit, they are rarely in each other’s space for more than an instant. It’s just not the type of exposure that lends itself to a significant viral load. I can’t even find instances where transmission has been demonstrated in a setting like this. It doesn’t mean it’s impossible, just not terribly concerning.

No, the larger danger of being in Vegas if there were an outbreak on that team would be situations where Blues’ staff/players were in common entrances, rest rooms, around common staff (like locker room assistants), etc. You wouldn’t quarantine players from the opposing team, for example, if you had an outbreak on your team.

As for the earlier comment about a physician’s opinion, I’m not sure what is being said there. It’s not like Covid is the first time we have had to categorize risk levels of exposures with different routes of transmission. I take care of patients with pertussis regularly, and we have to determine who needs prophylactic antibiotic therapy. This isn’t much different than those situations, other than the hysteria.

 

[Got One Cup]

Stone is still an ass

Maybe we get borts back before seeing him again.

 

[Stupendous Yappi]

Officially postponed

Bummer.

You have to assume Vegas will have to shut down for a week or two. They’ll have a more condensed make-up schedule. The way they’re handling their taxi squad to deal with the Cap situation, I think that team is vulnerable. They don’t have the depth they could have, and a condensed schedule could magnify that issue when guys get banged up. I already wondered if that would catch up with them over the season, but now it looks even like a larger stress.

 

[mk80]

I'd say barring a positive within the Blues travel party popping up, the games against Anaheim are still on.

 

[Vektor]

I wouldn’t really consider sharing the ice for a hockey game a high risk exposure. It’s sitting together in the locker room and close on the bench, sharing facilities, that is more likely for transmission. If a Blues player tested positive after, I’d more quickly assume it was an exposure to a person in a support role behind the scenes.

You also have to wonder how many Blues already had Covid and may not really be at risk. We’ve been told about a few.

I hope you are correct!

 

[IceNeophyte]

Sorry, folks, I was looking forward to this match up. I hope your team comes out of this without issues.

 

[joe galiba]

Can someone still find Stone and beat his a$$ ?

 

[Ranksu]

We could use Buffy.

 

[The Note in MI]

You have to factor the viral load a player could carry and be asymptomatic. It’s not the same thing as imagining a person actively sick with respiratory symptoms skating out there. I’m assuming the players are feeling pretty good if they’re playing professional hockey.

There are plenty of other reasons I have that opinion. A large open arena is more similar to being outdoors than inside a home. Although players sweat and spit, they are rarely in each other’s space for more than an instant. It’s just not the type of exposure that lends itself to a significant viral load. I can’t even find instances where transmission has been demonstrated in a setting like this. It doesn’t mean it’s impossible, just not terribly concerning.

No, the larger danger of being in Vegas if there were an outbreak on that team would be situations where Blues’ staff/players were in common entrances, rest rooms, around common staff (like locker room assistants), etc. You wouldn’t quarantine players from the opposing team, for example, if you had an outbreak on your team.

As for the earlier comment about a physician’s opinion, I’m not sure what is being said there. It’s not like Covid is the first time we have had to categorize risk levels of exposures with different routes of transmission. I take care of patients with pertussis regularly, and we have to determine who needs prophylactic antibiotic therapy. This isn’t much different than those situations, other than the hysteria.

Any direct contact with an individual with COVID-19 while not wearing a mask or PPE, is 100% a high risk exposure.

That’s all I’ll say further on the subject.

 

[The Electrician]

Damn. I was looking forward to seeing Petro getting posterized again.

Hope everyone is safe and sound.

 

[Brockon]

The initial cases for VGK were in the coaching staff, hence why McCrimmon was behind the bench on Tuesday.

I'd expect some form of transmission to VGK players, but the transmission to STL players unless mask policies were ignored I would expect to be low. This, because the Blues and Knights have their own facilities and their staff shouldn't be interacting in a significant manner.

Not to downplay the risks, but segregation of the teams severely limits spreading unless players start visiting each other after hours to hang out and grab meals together.

 

[GoldenSeal]

Stone must have got scared lol

 

[Honeycutt]

We should know by Saturday if there will be problems for the Blues, that would 5 days since possible exposure, so a positive test result and or symptoms showing up. Are they doing daily testing in the NHL?

 

[mike1320]

and of course this thread is live (hours before the game start time). Nice job, mods.