Back in training camp, the standard for being cleared to participate for Canadian teams was four negative COVID-19 tests in a seven-day span with players getting the green light to join on-ice activities on the eighth day. That changed once the regular season started with the rule moving to a two-week quarantine period. That isn’t sitting well with the Canadian teams as TSN’s Darren Dreger reports (Twitter link) that they have made a request to the federal government to go back to the training camp rules.
This has come into play a couple of times already, first with Edmonton and their attempts to acquire a third goaltender in the absence of Mike Smith. They claimed Troy Grosenick off waivers last weekend and still haven’t been able to activate him to their roster yet. It will also be a factor in today’s acquisition of Pierre-Luc Dubois by Winnipeg as he’ll have to miss two weeks as things stand. GM Kevin Cheveldayoff alluded to the request in his press conference today and in fact, has told Ron MacLean of Hockey Night In Canada that the team is hoping a private flight to Winnipeg will reduce the quarantine to just seven days.
The proposal may not be viewed favorably by Canadian health officials. The reason they were allowed the one-week period for training camp was that the second week carried a restriction of players being limited to going to practices and home with no out-of-province travel since there were no exhibition games. That’s not the case anymore, making it a very different situation.
The argument from the Canadian teams will likely be that there is a strict testing regimen throughout the league and if acquired players haven’t tested positive at the time of the trade and make it through a week of isolation with four separate negative tests, they should be considered safe.
This is a situation to monitor given the effects it could have on the trade market. Canadian teams that are looking to add are already in a situation where they will have to time a move to ensure the new player misses as little time as possible. That’s harder to do the closer we get to the April 12 trade deadline and it’s important to note that players count against the salary cap (though not the active roster) while they go through their quarantine period. Slashing that in half would go a long way towards facilitating more transactions involving those teams in the weeks and months to come.
It is bulls**t that Dubois has to sit out 2 weeks when Laine only has to sit 7 days in quarantine that’s just ass backwards…Bettman hates Canadian teams. Proof…
Maybe you should read the article before commenting.
aww bucky. maybe you should read first.
Wow you need to actually read and comprehend so you don’t look as foolish as the Jets for making this trade.
To be blunt, this is NOT an issue since the Canadian teams have their own schedule and four guaranteed playoff berths. The main thing is that the quarantine rules for players coming into the North Division MUST be consistently enforced for the entire regular season, otherwise the integrity of the game is shot. It’s one thing if Dubois has to sit for two weeks, but if that’s followed up with, say, the Habs getting a star at the deadline and then he only has to sit for a week, then yes Jets fans would be P*SSED and rightly so.
As for how long players LEAVING the North Division have to quarantine, I couldn’t care less. We’re not playing US teams so what happens there has zero impact on our teams’ playoff chances.
obviously there is a country-related issue here, but just in a general sense the MLB only required two negative tests over 24 hours appart and seemed to avoid team-to-team spread and re-ignition of outbreaks within certain teams.
While I get this, players generally don’t get as close in baseball than hockey (exception being the batter/catcher) and I think the government would look and say multiple teams had outbreaks in baseball so maybe they should not be the measuring stick.
Just a guess
but I still dont know if the US has had team-to-team spread in any major sport, which is key. you will always get it within teams because they spend more time together, but if its contained within one team its better.
Pretll sure mlb did in the beginning
So before I read a article I know some rules and facts, And this is from the Canadian government(The one wrinkle this year is players will not be able to join their new clubs right away because of COVID-19 quarantines. Dubois is subject to a 14-day quarantine under Canadian federal law, while Laine has at least seven days — and multiple tests to take — under the NHL’s guidelines. Roslovic has been in Ohio and, per Kekalainen, is already under the team’s COVID-19 protocols. He could be cleared in 48 hours)…so anyone prove to me what is different from my 1st post…by the way the government is now looking into this rule 14 days to 7 days for Dubois so read a article!!!!!
It also shows why the states have 400000 deaths from covid!
Exactly but what I am trying to state it should be the same for all teams in the league…Bettman should not go by government rule…it should be the same for all…
@Bucky76 You’re unbelievably ridiculous to think that Bettman can just unilaterally ignore the Canadian government. If he did that the Canadian Govt could fine and potentially ban the NHL form playing games in Canada because they were violating government mandated which would completely ruin an already screwed up season.
So yeah, your first post is still laughably wrong because you clearly don’t understand that there are different rules set up by either government. and the NHL, as a league that has MULTIPLE teams in BOTH countries, MUST abide by both countries COVID regulations and can’t flaunt either unless they want to face repercussions.
Is that clear enough for you, or do you want me to draw it in crayon next time?
*** govt mandated regulations
Allegedly.
All I am saying is that if in canada there is a 2 week quarantine period for Canadian teams then the United States teams should have the same. Also why now is the Canadian government reviewing this for the Jets and Dubois,so exactly its because the government knows its not right if NHL players all players are being tested.so that’s is way Bettman can make it a 2 week for every team as he is the boss..So eat your crayons…
@silly the u.s. has 350,000,000 legal citizens, another 25,000,000 or so illegal. 400,000 deaths, while all terrible, are not ALL “because of”.
CDC says:
6% of the reported u.s. wuhan deaths are ‘because of’
94% (yes, ninety four percent) are “with”
Total deaths are sad but the u.s. (and Canada) are all within normal total death’s per year range. Do you understand what that means?
Not really an issue imho since the Canadian teams have their own schedule and four guaranteed playoff berths. The main thing is that the quarantine rules for players coming into the North Division MUST be consistently enforced for the entire regular season, otherwise the integrity of the game is shot. It’s one thing if Dubois has to sit for two weeks, but if that’s followed up with, say, the Habs getting a star at the deadline and then he only has to sit out for a week, then yes Jets fans would be P*SSED and rightly so.
As for how long players LEAVING the North Division have to quarantine, I couldn’t care less. We’re not playing US teams so what happens there has zero impact on our teams’ playoff chances.