Confirmed with Link: Canucks’ COVID Part 2

[Mr. Canucklehead]

This thread is to discuss the ongoing COVID crisis hitting the Vancouver Canucks. Discussion of the team, the league, and the local community’s responses to it is permitted.

This is not a general purpose COVID thread to discuss the pandemic on a Provincial, National or Global scale. This is also not a thread for politics.

Stay on topic please.

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[M2Beezy]

Unfrickin real

CONFIRMED

 

[82Ninety42011]

Team should concentrate on health and not worry about this season it's not making playoffs. Hope everyone makes full recovery time now to see what the kids are and play them more when they come back. Silver lining is we get a better pick. Get healthy Canucks and be safe.

 

[Dab]

Still can’t believe they held a morning skate. smh

 

[I am toxic]

Here once again is what appears to be the latest media report, given the org has released nothing other than a formulaic holding statement.

A little bit more info here.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Here once again is what appears to be the latest media report, given the org has released nothing other than a formulaic holding statement.

Good report, though it really doesn't say anything new, but does seem to clarify it IMHO.

 

[I am toxic]

Good report, though it really doesn't say anything new, but does seem to clarify it IMHO.

Here's the other good one, adds a piece or two I believe.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Read the OP, folks. Violators will be removed from the thread.

 

[Dab]

“Last night we had a pretty good idea we were good to go this morning," Green said, adding later: "We're preparing to play. We haven't been told otherwise." - Coach Green


Unbelievable hubris. Whoever is advising the team on covid protocols failed hard.

 

[RobertKron]

Oh wow, I guess I misunderstood the timeline here. So they had a practice with a confirmed positive on the ice, and then had everyone skate together the next day? That’s wild.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Oh wow, I guess I misunderstood the timeline here. So they had a practice with a confirmed positive on the ice, and then had everyone skate together the next day? That’s wild.

Yeah. It was bizarre when it happened, and outright insanity in hindsight.

I don’t know exactly how the NHL protocol works - but Gaudette’s positive result came in while he was on the ice practicing with the team. And by that point, clearly, the damage was done (between being in the room, the tunnels, the bench, and then the ice with his teammates and coaches, who then took it and spread it at a game day skate the following day)

 

[RobertKron]

Yeah. It was bizarre when it happened, and outright insanity in hindsight.

I don’t know exactly how the NHL protocol works - but Gaudette’s positive result came in while he was on the ice practicing with the team. And by that point, clearly, the damage was done (between being in the room, the tunnels, the bench, and then the ice with his teammates and coaches, who then took it and spread it at a game day skate the following day)

one of the articles mentions that they were hoping that Gaudette was a false positive. Was that actually reasoning given by someone in the team, or is that the author trying to devils-advocate some kind or reasoning to their actions?

 

[I am toxic]

Good report, though it really doesn't say anything new, but does seem to clarify it IMHO.

Also, I thought this was new:

“As we approach the stretch run of the 2020/21 Regular Season, we have begun to encounter incidences of non-compliance with the COVID-19 Protocol, which have resulted in exposure to, and infection from, the COVID virus (and super-contagious variants there of),” the memo to the Canucks and other teams began. “These have resulted in a number of recent group and Club-wide quarantines and other disruptions to Club routines and schedules. The purpose of this memorandum is to remind Club personnel that now is not the time to relax attention to and compliance with the COVID-19 Protocol.”

Have other NHL teams recently had Club-wide quarantines?

Are they referring to the Habs which engaged in best practices from the beginning of the season - of same day testing - and limited their contagious variant from spreading beyond one positive and one close contact?

Or are they referring to the Canucks, who not only didn't use same day testing, they didn't even wait for the previous day's test results before stepping on the ice? And which has spread to around 20 people. I say around because the org has not provided any information beyond a formulaic holding statement.

Good word, huh. Formulaic. I thought I had invented a new word like I did with mediocripurgatoryexpialidocious but spell check seems to like it.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

one of the articles mentions that they were hoping that Gaudette was a false positive. Was that actually reasoning given by someone in the team, or is that the author trying to devils-advocate some kind or reasoning to their actions?

The only statement we have from the team since the game postponement is the brief blurb they released the other day. Anything else is second hand from the media. (Not saying it’s not accurate, just that it’s not right from the horse’s mouth)

 

[RobertKron]

The only statement we have from the team since the game postponement is the brief blurb they released the other day. Anything else is second hand from the media. (Not saying it’s not accurate, just that it’s not right from the horse’s mouth)

also, how is it possible that the league protocols don’t include not allowing close contacts of a positive to interact mask-less with everyone else until it’s known that they’re good?

 

[RobertKron]

Even if the team technically followed protocol, it’s absolutely inexcusable not to recognize the giant, enormous gaping hole in the protocol and just ignore the huge potential shitstorm they’re inviting by having them skate in that situation just because it’s technically allowed.

What’s the point in any of these precautions if you’re just going to carry on business-as-usual when you do have a positive?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Confirming what we new about Hoglander testing positive;



Hopefully we’ve passed the peak of this thing and no one else tests positive.

 

[canucksfan]

Confirming what we new about Hoglander testing positive;



Hopefully we’ve passed the peak of this thing and no one else tests positive.

Almost running out of players to test positive though!

 

[m9]

Confirming what we new about Hoglander testing positive;



Hopefully we’ve passed the peak of this thing and no one else tests positive.

I don't think that's Hoglander, it's someone else.

 

[canucksfan]

I realize there could be more test positive but based on % of the team that has got it so far, this has to be one of the worst team outbreaks in all of sports.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Based on new developments...it does not look good for the organization as a whole. Evidently, protocol failed.

 

[Hit the post]

I realize there could be more test positive but based on % of the team that has got it so far, this has to be one of the worst team outbreaks in all of sports.

Look it as a positive in a way. It shows the team isn't made of of several "cliques". One tight group that unfortunately made it easier for COVID to spread. Except for Loui E. Somebody has to do the laundry.

 

[canucksfan]

Look it as a positive in a way. It shows the team isn't made of of several "cliques". One tight knight group that unfortunately made it easier for COVID to spread.

Or they hate each other and coughed and sneezed all over the place.

 

[Lonny Bohonos]

Almost running out of players to test positive though!

I was going to say.

The positive is the Canucks will soon be able to say everythings under control because theyve had no new cases for 24 hours.

 

[Hit the post]

Or they hate each other and coughed and sneezed all over the place.

Hey I just didn't wanted to be a "Debbie Downer" in EVERY post of mine.