OT: Official COVID-19 Thread

[Engebretson]

I'm guessing the toilet paper shortage is going to be in part due to Jesus Brodin's temporary meal plan of pizza rolls and Hamm's. Thoughts and prayers to your plumbing.

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Blocked.

Look, we can still be friends but damn......I’m a NE Mpls kid so I may go with Grain Belt Premium.

 

[Dee Oh Cee]

Have a feeling that the What're Ya Drinkin? thread could get a lot more activity

 

[AJ Thelen]

If the season gets called off, does everyone get a chance to win the lottery for the 1st overall pick?

 

[kfan22]

If the season gets called off, does everyone get a chance to win the lottery for the 1st overall pick?

if there are no playoffs my guess would be yes

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

if there are no playoffs my guess would be yes

What would the conditions on our Penguins pick be?

 

[MuckOG]

What would the conditions on our Penguins pick be?

My guess if its lottery protected, then they keep their 2020 1st round pick and we get their 2021 1st round pick unconditionally.

 

[Webster]

If teams get a compliance buyout due to a decreasing cap I betcha he won’t survive. Can’t be paying 3rd liners 1st line money.

Dream on. Listen to the latest Russo/Souhan podcast. Russo talks about the real problem, and he's absolutely right.

 

[mahnster]

Dream on. Listen to the latest Russo/Souhan podcast. Russo talks about the real problem, and he's absolutely right.

I'd rather not listen to him talk about Zuccarello.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

Dream on. Listen to the latest Russo/Souhan podcast. Russo talks about the real problem, and he's absolutely right.

If we’re given a buyout compliance, regardless of how unlikely it is, there’s no doubt who it should be used on.

 

[AKL]

What would the conditions on our Penguins pick be?

My guess if its lottery protected, then they keep their 2020 1st round pick and we get their 2021 1st round pick unconditionally.

Technically Pittsburgh has the option to defer if they miss the playoffs. If there are no playoffs, I wonder if there's an option to make their choice before or after the lottery.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Dream on. Listen to the latest Russo/Souhan podcast. Russo talks about the real problem, and he's absolutely right.

For those that would like a summary, what are those problems?

 

[AKL]

For those that would like a summary, what are those problems?

Given the tree you're barking up, I'd say the only problems they have are
1) Boudreau
2) they don't have good enough players for Zuccarello to play with

 

[Minnewildsota]

Given the tree you're barking up, I'd say the only problems they have are
1) Boudreau
2) they don't have good enough players for Zuccarello to play with

Oh, I thought there might be real problems :-D

 

[AKL]

Oh, I thought there might be real problems :-D

To be fair, I didn't hear what Russo said, so he may have pointed out legitimate problems. I just wouldn't expect much from the poster you're asking.

 

[Northerner]

14 cases in MN as of today. All travel related so far.

God must be a MN state HS tournament fan, because he allowed us to enjoy if just before all this insanity ensued.

 

[Bazeek]

Zuccarello stuff from the podcast (47:40)

• He's played better lately
• He's the type of guy that needs to play with really good players
• He's going to have to find his groove: he's got 4 years left at $6 million with a no-move
• I love Marcus Foligno, but Zuccarello could put the puck in a position for Foligno to score 10 different times and Foligno's probably going to bury it 3
• <from question> He must be getting very frustrated. <reponse> Yeah, he doesn't show it, at least to us. You can tell he's a very popular team mate, but you're right this is a lot of money tied up to one player that's only going to get older.

It's worth listening to instead of my (drunk) transcription.

 

[fredrikstad]

Zuccarello 100%

If they buy out Zucca or any other player for that sake, would that player be free to negotiate with another NHL team? Or would he be forced to retire? If the first, would he be considered as an UFA?

 

[fredrikstad]

Zuccarello stuff from the podcast (47:40)

• He's played better lately
• He's the type of guy that needs to play with really good players
• He's going to have to find his groove: he's got 4 years left at $6 million with a no-move
• I love Marcus Foligno, but Zuccarello could put the puck in a position for Foligno to score 10 different times and Foligno's probably going to bury it 3
• <from question> He must be getting very frustrated. <reponse> Yeah, he doesn't show it, at least to us. You can tell he's a very popular team mate, but you're right this is a lot of money tied up to one player that's only going to get older.

It's worth listening to instead of my (drunk) transcription.

I think you summed it up great. Yeah, it's two minutes worth listening to. He also said Zucc was really lacking a good center. And a lot of other interesting stuff as well (not Zucc). Thank you for the link. I am starting to really cheering for this team.

 

[TaLoN]

14 cases in MN as of today. All travel related so far.

God must be a MN state HS tournament fan, because he allowed us to enjoy if just before all this insanity ensued.

Considering Minnesota is ONLY testing those with symptoms who's situation makes them high risk related to travel right now, of course they are related to travel.

They still need far more resources for testing before they can start testing lower risk groups and see if it's truly spreading on a communal level.

 

[BagHead]

If they buy out Zucca or any other player for that sake, would that player be free to negotiate with another NHL team? Or would he be forced to retire? If the first, would he be considered as an UFA?

I'm not sure that it's actually legal in this country to force someone to retire unless you can prove they're putting people at extreme risk, like maybe an airline pilot who can't see anymore, which is obviously much different than a hockey player who had a bad year. That said, I'm no expert on law, but I do know for a fact that Zuccarello wouldn't be forced to retire, he'd be a UFA. Now, if nobody wanted to sign him (unlikely), that could force him to retire from the NHL, but I doubt he'd quit hockey altogether. As long as he could find another team to sign him, he'd actually get paid by the Wild each year of the buyout, and also get paid by his new team for his new contract. A buyout's not always a bad deal for the player.

 

[Northerner]

Considering Minnesota is ONLY testing those with symptoms who's situation makes them high risk related to travel right now, of course they are related to travel.

They still need far more resources for testing before they can start testing lower risk groups and see if it's truly spreading on a communal level.

I'm just not all that concerned.

Maybe I should be, but all this hysteria on the news seems completely overblown to me.

Italy apparently is in bad shape right now though, so what do I know.

Still, as far as I know I am in good health, and about 40yo - and even though I work in an industry so dirty that I am certain I will probably get it, I am still not concerned.

In fact I almost hope I get it, since I have heard it will make me immune to this filthy dog-eating disease down the road. It sounds like it's just a glorified form of pneumonia, and I have never been a smoker and quit drinking entirely at this point.

But again, what do I know...

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I'm just not all that concerned.

Maybe I should be, but all this hysteria on the news seems completely overblown to me.

Italy apparently is in bad shape right now though, so what do I know.

Still, as far as I know I am in good health, and about 40yo - and even though I work in an industry so dirty that I am certain I will probably get it, I am still not concerned.

In fact I almost hope I get it, since I have heard it will make me immune to this filthy dog-eating disease down the road. It sounds like it's just a glorified form of pneumonia, and I have never been a smoker and quit drinking entirely at this point.

But again, what do I know...

With no regard to people that you might give it to, before you know you have it, who might be more at-risk than you.

 

[TaLoN]

I'm just not all that concerned.

Maybe I should be, but all this hysteria on the news seems completely overblown to me.

Italy apparently is in bad shape right now though, so what do I know.

Still, as far as I know I am in good health, and about 40yo - and even though I work in an industry so dirty that I am certain I will probably get it, I am still not concerned.

In fact I almost hope I get it, since I have heard it will make me immune to this filthy dog-eating disease down the road. It sounds like it's just a glorified form of pneumonia, and I have never been a smoker and quit drinking entirely at this point.

But again, what do I know...

If you get hit as hard as pneumonia... trust me, that isn't something to shrug off. I've been hospitalized with pneumonia before... I was 33yrso at the time.

You likely won't get hit that hard and would likely range from an asymptomatic carrier to mildly affected with cold/ flu like symptoms. Don't take it lightly if you do get it though, as you don't want to spread it to the more affected demographic individuals who will get it in the very dangerous pneumonia like form that can kill.

 

[AJ Thelen]

Jokerit from Helsinki, Finland withdraws from the KHL playoffs due to corona.