A little bit of a disconnect in hosting a hub city in Canada. Jason Kenney, the premier of Alberta, says that he's asking the federal government to waive the 2 week quarantine for NHL teams, which Daly made a requirement for hosting the games.
However, British Columbia's Provincial Health Officer, Bonnie Henry, is saying that nobody should be exempt and BC is requesting the federal government not to make any exceptions. While BC doesn't have control over the borders, the Provincial Health Officer has wide latitude to make orders as she sees fit. And she'll have public support for that stance - she can basically walk on water right now in the public's view. BC has the lowest deaths of any major jurisdiction in the Western world and much of it is credited to Henry's calm, decisive leadership.
So will Trudeau make an exception for Edmonton (or Toronto)? I doubt it. Canadians' view of the United States has plummeted in recent years and has taken a further nosedive in the past few months. As popular as hockey is, the overwhelming feeling is "Canada First" right now.
With that in mind we can whittle down the possible locations to the US based ones.
I think there's confusion over the Kenney request due to a wire report combining two statements from two government officials in one article without a clear transition:
British Columbia Premier John Horgan said he will not look to ask the federal government to waive any rules regarding the 14-day quarantine period. Alberta Premier Kenney wants the NHL exempt from travel restrictions so they have have NHL games in the city.
That makes it sound like Kenney IS asking the federal government to waive a quarantine for the NHL. The issue isn't the quarantine (The NHL return plan HAS ONE IN IT, although it's impractical to do it twice: once to start camp, once to travel to Canada).
The REAL obstacle to an NHL hub city in Canada is the OTHER big travel restriction: Non-citizens cannot enter Canada from the United States for the purpose of tourism, recreation, entertainment. That was extended a week ago to run through June 21.
Kenney is looking for an exemption to THAT restriction so the non-Canadians can get from the US to an NHL hub in Edmonton.
You can work around the quarantine issue: Eight Western teams could train in Canada, quarantining first upon arrival and then get to Edmonton for NHL games with no two-week break.
But you can't do that if any non-Canadian who's been in the US these last few months simply can't get into the country. Kenney basically wants the NHL players/staff to be categorized as essential instead of non-essential.