Coronavirus and the Washington Capitals

[Raikkonen]

NHL will follow the NBA today. We're on a 2-3 month cycle right now. I think a short playoff will happen in June.

Short playoff after long layoff is what the doctor ordered for Caps.

 

[895]

 

[SpinningEdge]

Welp, I’ll talk to you all hopefully sooner than later... as long as we are all aren’t dead.

this is just the beginning. Concerts. Gatherings. Events. Sports (baseball probably next). It’s all getting canceled.

 

[Langway]

 

[Sam Spade]

They have to do what they have to do. Just please come back and play two or three games, for seeding etc. before starting the playoffs.

It really sucks that the one thing that would have gotten some of us through this garbage is now gone.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Today in a nutshell.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Another domino.

and another,
https://twitter.com/pac12/status/1238137030594269184?s=21
and another,

 

[kicksavedave]

Welp, going to be watching a lot of 2018 playoffs on YouTube.

We should all watch those games together so we can have a "Fire Barry" discussion after each playoff loss.

 

[StrikingDistance]

Luckily, I've been strengthening my immune system for the past few months.

Centers For Disease Contraction Urges Americans To Suck Doorknob

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Just take normal precautions, keep hydrated, keep your immune system up and the chance of dying of coronovirus is far less than getting killed by being struck by a car.

 

[shtorm2005]

Just take normal precautions, keep hydrated, keep your immune system up and the chance of dying of coronovirus is far less than getting killed by being struck by a car.

I think even without precautions middle age healthy ppl won't die from it. There is a huge risk to infect older ppl like parents which is feared.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

I think even without precautions middle age healthy ppl won't die from it. There is a huge risk to infect older ppl like parents which is feared.

Certainly. Elderly people tend to have compromised immune systems and be dehydrated. So, elderly people need to be more on point, in that regard.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[Corby78]

The amount of panik is just infuriating. I hate the media for driving this off a cliff for the sake of keeping people glued to their product. I also hate the current society that is driving everyone to be overly cautious with these decisions, because the second somebody says “carry on” and a person get the flu they will get butchered for that decision.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

The amount of panik is just infuriating. I hate the media for driving this off a cliff for the sake of keeping people glued to their product. I also hate the current society that is driving everyone to be overly cautious with these decisions, because the second somebody says “carry on” and a person get the flu they will get butchered for that decision.

It’s just not smart to suggest corporations around the world send their employees into harms way. Liability is a real expensive thing.

I assume you are a skeptic of all this and it’s way overblown?

 

[crab]

NHL draft lottery: if you have won the Cup in the last two years you lose all your draft lottery balls.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

NHL draft lottery: if you have won the Cup in the last two years you lose all your draft lottery balls.

Setting it up for the Pens again!

 

[kicksavedave]

Its official, season on pause. Will resume when practicable.

NHL pauses regular season because of coronavirus

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

The amount of panik is just infuriating. I hate the media for driving this off a cliff for the sake of keeping people glued to their product. I also hate the current society that is driving everyone to be overly cautious with these decisions, because the second somebody says “carry on” and a person get the flu they will get butchered for that decision.

Definitely the media hysteria is driving this.

It's almost like the media has an agenda, or something.

 

[HTFN]

Definitely the media hysteria is driving this.

It's almost like the media has an agenda, or something.

Fun fact, if the media wanted to stretch this out and cover it for months the best thing they could do is downplay it right now like you are, so the spread continues.

Your cynicism is getting the better of you, or maybe it’s youth, but either way your rationale is suffering.

edit: oh wow, I quoted the response and not the original. Whatever, same deal

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

It’s just not smart to suggest corporations around the world send their employees into harms way. Liability is a real expensive thing.

I assume you are a skeptic of all this and it’s way overblown?

The seasonal flu has already killed well over 10,000 in the USA alone, this year. Elderly people are the vast majority in this. I am very confident that a number of those people contracted the flu at an NHL game.

If they want to cancel NHL games, that's their right. It's their product.

Just think it's a wild overreaction driven by media hysteria who have an agenda.

 

[shtorm2005]

Its official, season on pause. Will resume when practicable.

NHL pauses regular season because of coronavirus

I mean it's never practicable until a vaccine or medical treatment is out. Is hockey down until 2021?

 

[shtorm2005]

The seasonal flu has already killed well over 10,000 in the USA alone, this year. Elderly people are the vast majority in this. I am very confident that a number of those people contracted the flu at an NHL game.

If they want to cancel NHL games, that's their right. It's their product.

Just think it's s wild overreaction driven by media hysteria who have an agenda.

I noticed similar behavior about the weather, they always predict the end of the world, but we get a little rain afternoon.

 

[ALLCAPSALLTHETIME]

Fun fact, if the media wanted to stretch this out and cover it for months the best thing they could do is downplay it right now like you are, so the spread continues.

Your cynicism is getting the better of you, or maybe it’s youth, but either way your rationale is suffering.

edit: oh wow, I quoted the response and not the original. Whatever, same deal

Naw. The media chases after what sells newspapers/clicks.

Where is the hue and cry for the million + that die from malaria every year? Something that is easily preventable.

 

[Corby78]

It’s just not smart to suggest corporations around the world send their employees into harms way. Liability is a real expensive thing.

I assume you are a skeptic of all this and it’s way overblown?

In regards to the danger it presents yes. I’m not saying there isn’t a new flu strand, I’m saying it’s not any different than any new strand that has happened over the last couple decades. The difference with this and the bird flu is we now have social media and socially wait around to butcher people anytime we disagree with them. We are currently wrecking economies over a flu strand that isn’t killing anyone that wouldn’t be dying from any other flu.