GDT: GM 1 | Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers | 7:00PM PST | SPAC

[Kryten]

Ah yes life as a Canucks fan.

Get well soon boys

 

[Svencouver]

Well there's Virtanen's chance

 

[Ginger Papa]

Yup. Benning basically confirming both guys a Covid positive in his 650 interview right now.

Just clarifying that I often ‘like’ a Post because for providing information, or a POV, not due to being happy about the info itself, or because I necessarily agree with the POV itself.

 

[Fatass]

Omg no.

Sadly Miller (especially) was in close quarters with the other players up to yesterday.

 

[drivier]

Antoine and Adam "AA" paired with "Shotgun Jake". Yah, all sorts of bad jokes to make there.

That line is destined to be entertaining (good and bad).

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Alright...we're off to a smashing start. I'll just fire off the 2021 Draft Thread...

 

[Fatass]

Well there's Virtanen's chance

How many chances does Jake need before he finally grabs one? I just hope he’s bloody fit enough to play those top minutes with Petey.

 

[Fatass]

Alright...we're off to a smashing start. I'll just fire off the 2021 Draft Thread...

Any really good hopefuls in the top five of 2021?

 

[Zombotron]

For all we know tomorrow McDavid or Matthews could have covid. This year is just so wild.

Very good point (RE: unpredictability), although Matthews and McDavid have both already had COVID

Oh, I see @McXLNC97 already addressed that

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Any really good hopefuls in the top five of 2021?

I am not really educated about the 2021 draft, but from what I heard from others the top prospects are solid just not as good as guys like Lafreniere, Byfield, Stutzle, Raymond, and Rossi.

 

[the_gman83]

Any really good hopefuls in the top five of 2021?

Luke Hughes?

 

[Fatass]

Luke Hughes?

Another “lose for Hughes” season?
Draft Luke, and trade for Jack. We could be like the Nordique when they had the three Stastny brothers!

 

[VanJack]

And so the COVID chaos begins, before the Canucks even hit the airport. Benn is obviously a depth d-man and no great loss; but Miller leaves a huge hole on the lotto line.

But this is only the beginning imo. Once NHL players start traveling; staying in hotels and hitting the airports, the COVID code red is only going to get worse. It wouldn't shock me if the entire NHL schedule south of the border is imperiled pretty quickly.

Interesting to see Gary Bettman in a recent interview, admit that some of the NHL owners wanted nothing to do with another NHL season right now. And it's actually costing them a lot more money to have a season, versus just shutting it down. So the season went ahead only with some serious arm-twisting at the Board of Governors' level.

The Great White North Division is an interesting novelty. But I'm really having a struggle getting up for this season, knowing that chaos could soon reign....and teams might soon behind the eight-ball because nothing more than positive COVID tests.

I see this season as being more of a 'developmental and experimental' season for the Canucks.....plenty of ice-time for the kids and let the chips fall where they may.....then on to the entry draft and next season where hopefully some normalcy is back on tap.

 

[Fatass]

And so the COVID chaos begins, before the Canucks even hit the airport. Benn is obviously a depth d-man and no great loss; but Miller leaves a huge hole on the lotto line.

But this is only the beginning imo. Once NHL players start traveling; staying in hotels and hitting the airports, the COVID code red is only going to get worse. It wouldn't shock me if the entire NHL schedule south of the border is imperiled pretty quickly.

Interesting to see Gary Bettman in a recent interview, admit that some of the NHL owners wanted nothing to do with another NHL season right now. And it's actually costing them a lot more money to have a season, versus just shutting it down. So the season went ahead only with some serious arm-twisting at the Board of Governors' level.

The Great White North Division is an interesting novelty. But I'm really having a struggle getting up for this season, knowing that chaos could soon reign....and teams might soon behind the eight-ball because nothing more than positive COVID tests.

I see this season as being more of a 'developmental and experimental' season for the Canucks.....plenty of ice-time for the kids and let the chips fall where they may.....then on to the entry draft and next season where hopefully some normalcy is back on tap.

Did Betman mention anything about finishing this season if Covid runs amok?

 

[Deeds26]

Sounds like Benn was the test and Miller the close contact, as Miller lives with Benn.

 

[Fatass]

Sounds like Benn was the test and Miller the close contact, as Miller lives with Benn.

Benn sounds like the guy with the positive Covid test, and Miller is his close contact. If another player tests positive over the next couple days this could seriously blow up, and the whole team could be done for two weeks, or more. Might need a limousine sized taxi.

 

[Svencouver]

Very good point (RE: unpredictability), although Matthews and McDavid have both already had COVID

Oh, I see @McXLNC97 already addressed that

Athletes are going to be a pretty good case to study potential long term covid affects given how much of their job has to do with physical fitness and how much they're monitored and tested for things like that

 

[DS7]

McDavid and Matthews have both already had Covid.

Can't you get re-infected?

Well at least we have taxi squad Loui

 

[McXLNC97]

Can't you get re-infected?

Well at least we have taxi squad Loui

You could if you haven't developed enough antibodies to it.

 

[DarrenX]

Alright...we're off to a smashing start. I'll just fire off the 2021 Draft Thread...

Honestly I think every team is going to get hammered with Covid this year. Under these conditions most of the players will have gotten it by the end of the season, so may as well get it over with.

 

[GetFocht]

At least this happened at the beginning of the season, and its not a physical injury.

 

[Hit the post]

Sounds like Benn was the test and Miller the close contact, as Miller lives with Benn.

Another reason to dislike Benn. HORRIBLE as a player now & now he inadvertently takes out a VERY valuable player.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Can someone photoshop Loui Erikssons face on this gif?

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

Well there's Virtanen's chance

What number is that, 7 or 8?

 

[Svencouver]

Can't you get re-infected?

Well at least we have taxi squad Loui

Not all that well studied. There's been like, less than 50 total confirmed reinfections out of nearly 100 million confirmed cases. They're obviously missing some but they're missing a lot of regular infections as well. From a closed environment, there were 3 reinfections out of 1400+ antibody positive healthcare workers over 7 months - and none of the 3 had symptoms.

src: Study of Healthcare Workers Shows COVID-19 Immunity Lasts Many Months

Don't wanna derail the thread with covid discussion so I'd take it to the covid section if I were you, but reinfection isn't much of a scientifically substantiated concern atm. Just wanted to clear that up before too many people read into it a little too much. It can happen but it appears rare from the current evidence.