Confirmed with Link: OHL can't return with on-ice contact, says government official

[Paxon]

It's one thing to just not allow them to play at all, but allowing them to play only without "contact" is purely senseless. The virus doesn't spread through shoulder contact.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

It's one thing to just not allow them to play at all, but allowing them to play only without "contact" is purely senseless. The virus doesn't spread through shoulder contact.

It does in Canada. That’s why masks aren’t mandatory but shoulder pads are. We get to choose if it’s football or hockey ones though.

 

[VaporTrail]

Move all the games and the league to Florida

 

[Buffaloed]

Switch to underwater hockey and have women on the teams. I guarantee they'll get a TV contract.
Underwater Hockey: Bringing Generations Together - Growing Bolder

 

[N.Y. Orangeman]

These will be the best skating clinics ever

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

This isn't going to work. There's no body checking in women's hockey..... but they get physical and close enough to spread a virus.

So some bureaucrat in Ontario is worried about 10 years olds spreading a virus that medical studies show none of them have sufficient enough body mass to carry a viral load?

And which none of them die from much less get sick from. (99.9% survival rate 1 -18 yrs old. CDC data. It's more dangerous to drive to the rink using those stats...)

Oh yeah..... It's all about grandma and grandpa. Who aren't allowed to see their relatives and are dying of loneliness or by suicide.

We are such an enlightened society. Yep... follow the science........

 

[littletonhockeycoach]

Happy Friday...

How many are asymptomatic? How many require hospitalization? What age groups are we talking about?

I'm not poking you here...... And not looking for answers. I just wanted to point out that the numbers reported never seem to include any specifics.

The health bureaucrats mindset has moved from flatten the curve to absolutely no transmission ever. NO cases is the only acceptable threshold.

Which won't happen for years now because we have artificially suppressed transmission.

 

[sabremike]

An amazing statistic I heard that puts things into perspective: In Ontario there are roughly 100 Covid patients in hospitals and roughly 300 hospitals located in the province. So there are three hospitals for every Covid patient in Ontario.

 

[joshjull]

This isn't going to work. There's no body checking in women's hockey..... but they get physical and close enough to spread a virus.

I’m not sure its going to be implemented. Reading up on the politician involved, she has no science background. She’s a member of the Ontario legislature and minister of sport among other things. Has a political science degree.

The article states there are negotiations going on. This seems like a starting line position from someone not well verse in the science. The hope would be the science would be properly explained in the negotiations.

This report is a headline looking for clicks.

 

[joshjull]

When I first saw this I thought it was a Babylon Bee or Onion article, but it's actually real. This is insane and the fact that people who actually have political power both came up with it and are implementing it terrifies me.

Its not being implemented at the moment. There is a negotiation going on.

 

[joshjull]

So some bureaucrat in Ontario is worried about 10 years olds spreading a virus that medical studies show none of them have sufficient enough body mass to carry a viral load?

And which none of them die from much less get sick from. (99.9% survival rate 1 -18 yrs old. CDC data. It's more dangerous to drive to the rink using those stats...)

Oh yeah..... It's all about grandma and grandpa. Who aren't allowed to see their relatives and are dying of loneliness or by suicide.

We are such an enlightened society. Yep... follow the science........

Its not some bureaucrat. Its the Minister for Sport, heritage and tourism for the Ontario government. The person who would have say on something like this. She is in negotiations with the OHL on the parameters involved with starting up their season. None of this is set in stone.

I‘m also not aware of any 10yr olds playing in the OHL.

Maybe a little reading/research before going off on a rant? You know, enlighten yourself. Just teasing


Call me crazy but having a government official erring on the side of caution, even if misguided, going into a negation like this is hardly the worst thing. She clearly doesn’t know enough of the science and hopefully the negotiations give her a better understanding.

 

[joshjull]

now you can be angry about it.


At the end of the article it mentions outbreaks in QMJHL this fall. I thought all the leagues were shut down.

MacLeod said the decision was influenced by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, which had several COVID-19 outbreaks on its teams earlier this fall.


don’t see this doing anything to stop the spread.

 

[joshjull]

Even without this decision, prospect development was going to be a bit of a mess. Not sure how much players can grow with the difficulty many leagues are having trying to put seasons together.

 

[m0pe]

Eeek, just cancel the season if you are doing that. If it is deemed too dangerous to hit, then it should be too dangerous to play. Won't make any difference.

Quinn can't go to Europe to play for the year correct? I know AHL isn't an option.

At that point, is it better to just have him be in Buffalo with this year and practice with the team and play some games? I honestly don't know but a non-contact OHL is pretty brutal for development.

 

[joshjull]

 

[Steddy33]

This is embarrassing. We will get what we deserve.

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Wow. They may as well not play.

I feel sorry for the late risers out there. The Quinn's of this draft who won't get the opportunity to raise their stock before the 2021 draft.

It's a total mess but we knew that already. There is no correct solution.

 

[Fezzy126]

 

[SundherDome]

Where will Quinn play then? Buffalo? Rochester?

Europe

 

[Rowley Birkin]

Europe

I don't class myself as 'European' but it's no better here. Most countries are in lockdown or headed for it soon.

 

[SundherDome]

Makes sense. They need to bubble up and play normally or they need to play a restricted game with more leeway. I could only imagine the lawsuits and personal guilt someone would get/feel if they passed a positive test onto someone else and it killed that person or a loved one. At the end of the day this is just sports.

 

[SundherDome]

I don't class myself as 'European' but it's no better here. Most countries are in lockdown or headed for it soon.

A lot of the leagues are still playing though are they not?

 

[joshjull]

Stop playing with my emotions!

 

[joshjull]

how do we know those officials weren’t body checked?

 

[SundherDome]

how do we know those officials weren’t body checked?

Only if Wideman was a coach