Boston Bruins Feb 6th & 8th game against Sabres postponed

[Gee Wally]

Bruins-Sabres Games on Feb. 6 and 8 Postponed


NEW YORK (Feb. 2, 2021) - The National Hockey League announced today that Buffalo Sabres games have been postponed at least through Feb. 8 as a result of two Players entering the NHL's COVID Protocols. The decision was made by the League's, NHLPA's and Club's medical groups, who determined that more caution was warranted while the League continues to analyze test results in the coming days.
The Bruins were scheduled to visit Buffalo on Saturday, Feb. 6, before hosting the Sabres on Monday, Feb. 8. Both of those games have been postponed.

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[Richard Lather]

Honestly surprised that it took this long for games to start getting postponed. Hopefully it doesn't become too frequent.

 

[BruinsFanSince94]

That’s all it takes is 2 players?

 

[DKH]

Doubleheader games day/night with two 20 minute periods per game

 

[DKH]

That’s all it takes is 2 players?

How is Arizona still playing. I been waiting for that

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Surprising this is announced 4 days out I'd think they'd try and retest everyone on the 5th before calling them.

 

[Saxon Eric]

That’s all it takes is 2 players?

What the sense of having a Taxi Squad right?

 

[Saxon Eric]

Doubleheader games day/night with two 20 minute periods per game

Running clock

 

[BAD BOY]

I understand the decision. I understand more important things besides hockey.. but it still sucks.

 

[smithformeragent]

What a week.

One of my basketball players tested positive and they quarantined the whole team.

2 games canceled.

Guess we’re not out of the woods yet.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

Doubleheader games day/night with two 20 minute periods per game

Separate non-admissions?

 

[Gee Wally]

Doubleheader games day/night with two 20 minute periods per game

start early.
Play until street lights come on.

 

[KnightofBoston]

Unfortunate but awesome they did it, nhl is doing it right and it’s why we have a season at all

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

I think it sucks

 

[talkinaway]

That’s all it takes is 2 players?

Could be not just positive tests, but exposures too. I imagine if Player A tests positive and is deemed to have exposed Player B to COVID (nearby stalls, same practice group, roomates, etc.), then Player B might be presumed positive until he has a certain number of negative tests after a certain number of days from the exposure. I think it takes 4 days after exposure to pop up as positive, but you still can infect people on days 1-3 while you test negative but actually have positive.

The Bruins are separating Rask and Halak as much as possible for that exact reason. If Rask gets COVID, Halak should be protected, and vice versa.

We could still have a game Saturday - just not against BUF. NYR had their away game against NJD postponed for COVID, too. They could come here, play Sat/Mon here, and then both teams travel to NYR to play there for two games. It's 4 games in a row against the same team, but flexibility is key. It would cause Monday's NYR@NYI to be postponed, but NYR/NYI/NJD should be fairly easy to reschedule if they ever have to play against each other.

 

[Bruinaura]

All this scheduling makes my brain hurt.

I'd hate to be a team travel coordinator these days.

 

[McGarnagle]

Doubleheader games day/night with two 20 minute periods per game

Mini One-on-One

 

[McGarnagle]

The Sabres should forfeit those games, 4 points for the Bruins.

 

[DarrenBanks56]

2 players shouldnt cancel a game 4 days out

 

[Blowfish]

Fargain Devils!

 

[UConn126]

I 100% called this happening in the pregame thread for tomorrow's game. Bummer that came true.

 

[UConn126]

That’s all it takes is 2 players?

My guess is it's more than 2. Probably only 2 confirmed right now, but they had "contact tracing issues" related to delayed travel to Long Island because of the storm. Two players probably went rogue, then got around the rest of the team today, thus potentially exposing everyone.

 

[TwineTickler]

The Sabres should forfeit those games, 4 points for the Bruins.

They were screwed by the league/Devils... not their fault.

Sucks we are going to have a big break in between games.

 

[RustyBruins72]

What a week.

One of my basketball players tested positive and they quarantined the whole team.

2 games canceled.

Guess we’re not out of the woods yet.

Stay safe Smith.

 

[DominicT]

Time for the injured to get healthy.

#blessing