Do we have a season?

[EichHart]

With COVID cases skyrocketing all over the USA to record highs does anyone think we have the playoffs this year or a season for 20-21? I'm thinking it is highly unlikely.

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[filip85]

Hopefully we don't have a season. Just cancel it, let everyone gets health(ier)y and start new one in October.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

Hopefully we don't have a season. Just cancel it, let everyone gets health(ier)y and start new one in October.

What will be different in October? It could very well be worse than it is right now.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Yes to both, virus wont go away we just have to live with it

 

[Holymakinaw]

No playoffs, I bet. But maybe a shortened 2020/21 season.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

We might get a resumption of play if the NHL is ok with the hub cities being in Canada and the players don't complain about not being in large cities.

We are definitely not getting a 2020/2021 season. I do not expect the next season will start this year. The US is way too much of a gongshow disaster.

 

[Holymakinaw]

We might get a resumption of play if the NHL is ok with the hub cities being in Canada and the players don't complain about not being in large cities.

We are definitely not getting a 2020/2021 season. I do not expect the next season will start this year. The US is way too much of a gongshow disaster.

Vancouver health officials already squashed that city as a potential hub city, and Vegas is a mess, as is all of America right now. It's VERY likely that Ontario health officials won't let Toronto host either. Maybe the kooks in Alberta will allow it.

Vancouver is out as NHL hub city, Canucks say they’re still excited for hockey to start

So how about............one...........hub city, in Edmonton?

Ain't gonna work.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Vancouver health officials already squashed that city as a potential hub city, and Vegas is a mess, as is all of America right now. It's VERY likely that Ontario health officials won't let Toronto host either. Maybe the kooks in Alberta will allow it.

So how about............one...........hub city, in Edmonton?

Ain't gonna work.

Oh wow, I did not know Vancouver health authorities said no.

Edmonton would be absolutely perfect and so would Ottawa (the arena is decently far from the city, easy to isolate the players/teams and low case numbers) honestly.

I'm not sure why Ottawa was never considered honestly.

 

[Holymakinaw]

Oh wow, I did not know Vancouver health authorities said no.

Edmonton would be absolutely perfect and so would Ottawa (the arena is decently far from the city, easy to isolate the players/teams and low case numbers) honestly.

I'm not sure why Ottawa was never considered honestly.

Yeah I edited my post and added a link to the article that says B.C. health officials said "no way" to Vancouver being one.

Honestly, I think that will happen everywhere in Canada. I'm not 100% sure about Alberta, although health officials there SHOULD say "no" as well.

 

[Edmonton East]

With COVID cases skyrocketing all over the USA to record highs does anyone think we have the playoffs this year or a season for 20-21? I'm thinking it is highly unlikely.

A rise in cases post quarantine, businesses re-opening, and in the summer gathering season was a common sense prediction. Unfortunately, it appears 50% of the population lacks any degree of common sense.

The median age for testing has dropped dramatically (from 60s to 30s). We knew as early as April a significant amount of pop was asymptomatic. Average daily testing has doubled from May to June and quadrupled from April to June. Until we see a massive spike in deaths, these increased positive tests are being over-hyped. Now, before someone freaks out, I am not saying the increase isn't concerning....but people are trying to draw catastrophic conclusions prematurely and constantly misrepresenting the data without appropriate context.

 

[Regal]

Yeah I edited my post and added a link to the article that says B.C. health officials said "no way" to Vancouver being one.

Honestly, I think that will happen everywhere in Canada. I'm not 100% sure about Alberta, although health officials there SHOULD say "no" as well.

They didn't so much say no as they weren't going to bend the rules to the way the NHL wanted them and the NHL balked. But this is why in the past polls about hub cities, I assumed none would be Canadian, because it seems state leaders are far more willing to give the league what they want.

 

[Regal]

A rise in cases post quarantine, businesses re-opening, and in the summer gathering season was a common sense prediction. Unfortunately, it appears 50% of the population lacks any degree of common sense.

The median age for testing has dropped dramatically (from 60s to 30s). We knew as early as April a significant amount of pop was asymptomatic. Average daily testing has doubled from May to June and quadrupled from April to June. Until we see a massive spike in deaths, these increased positive tests are being over-hyped. Now, before someone freaks out, I am not saying the increase isn't concerning....but people are trying to draw catastrophic conclusions prematurely and constantly misrepresenting the data without appropriate context.

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The death rate isn't really what matters to the league though. We always knew the risk of death was very low for a player. But players will still have to quarantine if they test positive and even with daily testing, one player could infect a number of teammates in the window before they test positive, possibly decimating a team's ability to compete. The more community transmission there is, there more chances that someone could get infected inside the bubble (either from food delivery or cleaning services, etc). A rise in testing means that community transmission might not be escalating at the rate that positive test cases are coming in, but it does still seem to be rising quite quickly in many places in the states.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

With cases going up in America. I have no idea, why the NHL does not scrap this season and just play for a 20/21 season. There are no guarantees this will start on time either. This season was shot months ago. What are they thinking?

 

[BCNate]

I would bet that there will be no hockey until the new year at the earliest. I can't see any major pro team sports or college football until then either. What people don't seem to understand is that the places hosting pro sports over seas have a grasp on the virus. The USA most certainly does not, and is on a fast track to a very scary situation.

The fact that Vancouver, one of the least impacted cities in the world, took a look at the NHL's plans and said no thank you to hundreds of millions of dollars and massive media exposure says a lot.

 

[CanadienShark]

Starting to look like Canada is the only option. Even then, I'm starting to think it may not happen.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

A rise in cases post quarantine, businesses re-opening, and in the summer gathering season was a common sense prediction. Unfortunately, it appears 50% of the population lacks any degree of common sense.

The median age for testing has dropped dramatically (from 60s to 30s). We knew as early as April a significant amount of pop was asymptomatic. Average daily testing has doubled from May to June and quadrupled from April to June. Until we see a massive spike in deaths, these increased positive tests are being over-hyped. Now, before someone freaks out, I am not saying the increase isn't concerning....but people are trying to draw catastrophic conclusions prematurely and constantly misrepresenting the data without appropriate context.

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They also said the other day that there are at least 20 million Americans with it and most are probably asymptomatic

 

[WetcoastOrca]

They didn't so much say no as they weren't going to bend the rules to the way the NHL wanted them and the NHL balked. But this is why in the past polls about hub cities, I assumed none would be Canadian, because it seems state leaders are far more willing to give the league what they want.

Agreed. Vancouver didn’t say no. They just insisted on strict rules like isolation for two weeks and the NHL ruled them out as a city.
As a Vancouverite I support that decision.

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

Starting to look like Canada is the only option. Even then, I'm starting to think it may not happen.

And with the way the Canadian government is choosing safety and health over the economy, it wouldn’t shock me if they didn’t allow any of it in Canada

 

[Karl Eriksson]

Could Winnipeg and Ottawa accommodate everyone game?

smallest Canadian cities with very good covid numbers.

 

[amnesiac]

play in EDM CGY WPG Regina

problem solved

 

[CanadienShark]

And with the way the Canadian government is choosing safety and health over the economy, it wouldn’t shock me if they didn’t allow any of it in Canada

Agreed. Then again, I can only really speak for Alberta, but it seems things are rapidly returning to "normal."

I'm all for safety and precaution over my own entertainment though. I'd rather be disappointed than sick.

play in EDM CGY WPG Regina

problem solved

Don't bring it to Calgary unless you want to exacerbate the problem. This city is out in force right now.