Injury Report: William Nylander possibly exposed to COVID-19

[56 Years No Cup]

MOD EDIT - This is for discussion of the Leafs, the NHL and COVID as relates to it.

If I see anything about Bill Gates and microchips, youre getting a warning.





Looks like Willy is out of the lineup for a few days at least now. Hope he and his close contacts are all safe.

Keep your mask on and stay in your basement.

 

[mapleleaf979]

If i had Willy's look and money, it be tough to stay home with all those dimes chasing.

 

[Ziggdiezan]

If i had Willy's look and money, it be tough to stay home with all those dimes chasing.

I heard there was even a few quarters chasing him too

 

[Christ]

Contact does not mean that he is infected. Really too early to say what this may or may not mean for Nylander and the Leafs roster.

 

[moon111]

Don't worry we can just fill his skates with Barabanov.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

Weird that the Canadian division was doing so well for the better part of the season while the U.S. teams were getting ravaged, and now it is the complete opposite. Hope it doesn’t derail the final stretch here.

 

[Christ]

Don't worry we can just fill his skates with Barabanov.

Same sized feet?

 

[Michael HOMERUNing]

Tavares having his best game of the season. They should try Nylander on the third line as a center. Would add some much needed talent to the bottom 6

 

[Suntouchable13]

Do we know for sure his close contact tested positive for the virus?

 

[ponder]

Fingers crossed he didn’t get it ... or if he did, that he didn’t transmit it to anyone else. A Nucks type situation would be a nightmare. The Brazilian variant that’s everywhere right now is SO contagious, and much nastier for young people, apparently tonnes of Canucks are brutally sick, getting regular IV fluids.

Extremely reckless/stupid not to cancel tonight’s game IMO.

 

[Le Cobra]

Don't worry we can just fill his skates with Barabanov.

that’s not how you spell Robertson. Not sure what Barabanov did to deserve it over Nick

 

[TopChedder]

Just vaccinate the NHL jesus.

Let them pay for it if that's what it takes, I would have zero problem with this.

 

[Warden of the North]

Do we know for sure his close contact tested positive for the virus?

No. Conflicting reports of a false positive

 

[Ciao]

Do we know for sure his close contact tested positive for the virus?

No.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

No.

They tell us nothing. Kind of ridiculous

 

[Stephen]

Weird that the Canadian division was doing so well for the better part of the season while the U.S. teams were getting ravaged, and now it is the complete opposite. Hope it doesn’t derail the final stretch here.

I don’t think it’s weird. It’s just a terrible virus and we are in a pandemic. Can affect anyone.

 

[Randy Randerson]

Just vaccinate the NHL jesus.

Let them pay for it if that's what it takes, I would have zero problem with this.

I get that the optics are bad, I don't understand why they didn't just power through that as soon as the vaccines were available. Here's some napkin math:

there's about 900 NHL players in a given year, let's say you need as many support staff as players so 1800 to vaccinate the league.

• You take out 1800 full vaccinations from the pool, so 1800 more people are vulnerable to get the disease that wouldn't be otherwise
• to this point in Canada, we have about a 2.66% positivity rate (total number of confirmed cases by total population), so by taking those 1800 vaccinations out of the pool you're probably causing an additional 48 people to get the disease
• by having Hockey to entertain us every night, in a country that's seeing 5,000 new cases every day, is it a stretch to think that they would save 50 cases over the course of a season to offset the damage done because people now have something that will keep them home at night?

And that's assuming that no one from the states watches at all.

 

[Spirit of 67]

Contact does not mean that he is infected. Really too early to say what this may or may not mean for Nylander and the Leafs roster.

A week away from the team is likely all at this point.

 

[Clark4Ever]

I hope we get some positive news on this front soon.

 

[Thornbury]

Weird that the Canadian division was doing so well for the better part of the season while the U.S. teams were getting ravaged, and now it is the complete opposite. Hope it doesn’t derail the final stretch here.

I believe most of the US based teams have vaccinated their players, so the issues will likely be Cdn focused going forward. It would only take 500 vaccines to cover all 7 Cdn teams with 2 shots per player/ coaches. A drop in the vaccine supply bucket, but it would be politically incorrect.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

If i had Willy's look and money, it be tough to stay home with all those dimes chasing.

Come on, he'd get two-bits at least.

 

[Bluelines]

Oh crapppppp

Did this contact happen before or after practice? If before practice they might have to isolate every one until test results are available.

This sucks because I was expecting Willy to light it up tonight. That line was just gaining momentum too.

Sounds like he had a lady friend that gave it to him

 

[Egghead1999]

I get that the optics are bad, I don't understand why they didn't just power through that as soon as the vaccines were available. Here's some napkin math:

there's about 900 NHL players in a given year, let's say you need as many support staff as players so 1800 to vaccinate the league.

• You take out 1800 full vaccinations from the pool, so 1800 more people are vulnerable to get the disease that wouldn't be otherwise
• to this point in Canada, we have about a 2.66% positivity rate (total number of confirmed cases by total population), so by taking those 1800 vaccinations out of the pool you're probably causing an additional 48 people to get the disease
• by having Hockey to entertain us every night, in a country that's seeing 5,000 new cases every day, is it a stretch to think that they would save 50 cases over the course of a season to offset the damage done because people now have something that will keep them home at night?

And that's assuming that no one from the states watches at all.

In here, no way. the optics will be as so bad that no one will ask for it. Why stop with Hockey, what about CFL, MSL, WHL......?

It works in the US since they will be available to anyone over 16 the next week.

 

[56 Years No Cup]

I get that the optics are bad, I don't understand why they didn't just power through that as soon as the vaccines were available. Here's some napkin math:

there's about 900 NHL players in a given year, let's say you need as many support staff as players so 1800 to vaccinate the league.

• You take out 1800 full vaccinations from the pool, so 1800 more people are vulnerable to get the disease that wouldn't be otherwise
• to this point in Canada, we have about a 2.66% positivity rate (total number of confirmed cases by total population), so by taking those 1800 vaccinations out of the pool you're probably causing an additional 48 people to get the disease
• by having Hockey to entertain us every night, in a country that's seeing 5,000 new cases every day, is it a stretch to think that they would save 50 cases over the course of a season to offset the damage done because people now have something that will keep them home at night?

And that's assuming that no one from the states watches at all.

What happens to the players that don't want a vax?

 

[Randy Randerson]

In here, no way. the optics will be as so bad that no one will ask for it. Why stop with Hockey, what about CFL, MSL, WHL......?

It works in the US since they will be available to anyone over 16 the next week.

Oh I agree, none of the sports leagues would do it because of the optics but I think they would have easily saved more cases than they caused by taking vaccines out of the pool.

I meant this more in a past tense, like as soon as vaccines were available there should have been 50,000 of them strategically allotted to the entertainment industry to give the rest of of something to do while we waited. In the grand scheme it would be a very minor delay in supply, but having the entertainment would make a difference.

Even for us I think we've basically jumped the shark at this point, but the NHL is probably still a good idea. If the Leafs had a Vancouver style outbreak heading into the playoffs and got relegated, think of how many people are out doing stuff instead of watching playoff games.