Division-centric sites for season resumption - reported to be Edmonton and Toronto

[LadyStanley]

Travis Hamonic opts out of playing for family reasons.

 

[LadyStanley]

2nd guy I've seen announce he's not participating

 

[cbcwpg]

SIMMONS: ‘NHL sold us out,’ Canadian broadcast worker says. ‘Government sold us out’

NBC will fly upwards of 50 broadcast people to Toronto — producers, directors, camera people, technicians and more — to serve as the world feed for all National Hockey League games played in this hub city.

Sportsnet will produce the world feed for games played in the Western hub city of Edmonton, but the Stanley Cup final, slated for the Alberta city will have both Canadian and American feeds for the individual rights-holders.

 

[LadyStanley]

Could 2020 have even more strangeness in store?

 

[TheLegend]

Video clip of flooding inside Rogers....

 

[LadyStanley]

NHL promo vid for playoffs

 

[LadyStanley]

So no impact to arena.

 

[Yukon Joe]

The water damage might be significant if there were going to be fans in the building - Ford Hall is the main entrance into Rogers Place for fans after all.

But even though the damage looked significant I can't see it being a problem for the bubble games the NHL is going to have.

 

[LadyStanley]

Inside the bubble: Details on where and how NHL players will...

Paywall. Article describes Edmonton bubble. Players have lots of options in ice district plus other possibilities. NHL only days at golf club. Day trips to Banff, etc.

Players can watch other games, but from club/restaurant in arena, not stands.

 

[LadyStanley]

49+ minutes video discussion of what hub life will be

 

[Hynh]

"Life in the Secure Zone" has an ominous sound to it.

 

[Stumbledore]

"Life in the Secure Zone" has an ominous sound to it.

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call... the Secure Zone.

 

[LadyStanley]

Bill Foley will be cleared to watch Golden Knights playoff games

But still facing 2 week quarantine to enter Canada.

 

[KevFu]

"Life in the Secure Zone" has an ominous sound to it.

Movie idea: COVID-19 mutates and turns people into leaking zombie-like creatures. The last humans alive are the NHL players in the two Secure Zones, and they have to defend their Secure Zone from 6 million zombies in the GTA by using hockey sticks, skate blades, fisticuffs and their wits!

 

[Hynh]

Movie idea: COVID-19 mutates and turns people into leaking zombie-like creatures. The last humans alive are the NHL players in the two Secure Zones, and they have to defend their Secure Zone from 6 million zombies in the GTA by using hockey sticks, skate blades, fisticuffs and their wits!

The sequel would be a harrowing cross-country trip to Edmonton in the middle of winter where the zombies have been killed by the extreme cold. When our heroes arrive they find an autocratic regime build around worship of the lord and savior, McJesus.

 

[Stumbledore]

The sequel would be a harrowing cross-country trip to Edmonton in the middle of winter where the zombies have been killed by the extreme cold. When our heroes arrive they find an autocratic regime build around worship of the lord and savior, McJesus.

Sounds like a good movie. If you overlook the fact that zombies are not alive in the first place, so how can they be killed by extreme cold?

Mind you, I've made a cross-country trip to Edmonton in the middle of winter so, screw the logic, I'd go see the movie.

 

[Hynh]

Sounds like a good movie. If you overlook the fact that zombies are not alive in the first place, so how can they be killed by extreme cold?

Mind you, I've made a cross-country trip to Edmonton in the middle of winter so, screw the logic, I'd go see the movie.

They don't metabolize so they don't produce heat. They freeze and become immobile. An immobile zombie is easy pickings for Pope Connor's elite Swiss Guard (Jose, Fiala, Meier, Yannick Weber, Haas, Sbisa).

 

[LadyStanley]

Think I'm interested in how the boom camera will work

(Wirh no crowd to protect, nets aren't required. )

 

[KevFu]

The sequel would be a harrowing cross-country trip to Edmonton in the middle of winter where the zombies have been killed by the extreme cold. When our heroes arrive they find an autocratic regime build around worship of the lord and savior, McJesus.

I'd go the other way with it... McJesus leads the Edmonton crew to Toronto.

 

[LadyStanley]

During today's PIT-PHI game, I noted a guy in a NHLOA sweatshirt sitting behind net. Don't see that during TOR-MON.

 

[LadyStanley]

Social distancing

 

[LadyStanley]

A nice walk through Edmonton bubble

 

[LadyStanley]

First team eliminated

 

[LadyStanley]

NHL owners allowed in Edmonton and Toronto as long as there's no bubble-bursting | Cape Breton Post

Owners and other team execs (up to 5) not in the bubble can attend games, similar to how media are treated.

Those from outside Canada still have to quarantine for two weeks before attending any games.

 

[LadyStanley]

Paywall. LeBron would love to see best of 3 playin going forward, but Bettman not budging from no playin stance.

Also, HHOF induction will be delayed. Exactly when will be decided around October, next board meeting.