After Gabriel Landeskog showed up on the COVID Protocol Related Absences list today, the NHL has postponed all Colorado Avalanche games through February 11. The Avalanche already had games against the Minnesota Wild postponed because of their outbreak, but now will miss games against the St. Louis Blues this weekend and Arizona Coyotes early next week.
The team’s training facilities have been closed, effective immediately, and will remain that way until further notice. The schedule continues to be reviewed.
This is a troubling outcome after the Avalanche played three games against the Wild, the second time in just a few days that there seems to have been an in-game spread. Though that can’t be confirmed obviously, the league is now facing several shutdowns across different divisions.
The chart of postponed games continues to grow.
|
Game # |
Matchup |
Original Date |
New Date |
|
9 |
Dallas at Florida |
Jan. 14 |
Feb. 22 |
|
20 |
Dallas at Florida |
Jan. 15 |
May 3 |
|
33 |
Dallas at Tampa Bay |
Jan. 17 |
May 4 |
|
48 |
Dallas at Tampa Bay |
Jan. 19 |
May 10 |
|
52 |
Carolina at Nashville |
Jan. 19 |
March 2 |
|
62 |
Florida at Carolina |
Jan. 21 |
Feb. 17 |
|
76 |
Florida at Carolina |
Jan. 23 |
March 7 |
|
97 |
Tampa Bay at Carolina |
Jan. 26 |
Feb. 22 |
|
122 |
St. Louis at Vegas |
Jan. 28 |
March 22 |
|
149 |
Vegas at San Jose |
Feb. 1 |
Feb. 13 |
|
150 |
Buffalo at NY Islanders |
Feb. 2 |
TBA |
|
151 |
New Jersey at Pittsburgh |
Feb. 2 |
TBA |
|
162 |
Vegas at San Jose |
Feb. 3 |
Feb. 25 |
|
163 |
Buffalo at NY Islanders |
Feb. 4 |
TBA |
|
166 |
New Jersey at Pittsburgh |
Feb. 4 |
TBA |
|
173 |
Minnesota at Colorado |
Feb. 4 |
TBA |
|
179 |
Buffalo at Boston |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
180 |
NY Rangers at New Jersey |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
182 |
Colorado at St. Louis |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
186 |
Arizona at Minnesota |
Feb. 6 |
TBA |
|
191 |
Colorado at St. Louis |
Feb. 7 |
TBA |
|
192 |
Arizona at Minnesota |
Feb. 7 |
TBA |
|
195 |
Buffalo at Boston |
Feb. 8 |
TBA |
|
207 |
St. Louis at Minnesota |
Feb. 9 |
TBA |
|
209 |
Arizona at Colorado |
Feb. 9 |
TBA |
|
225 |
Arizona at Colorado |
Feb. 11 |
TBA |
What does “showing up on the covid protocol list” mean? Positive test? I feel like MLB didn’t have NEARLY this much trouble.
MLB isn’t a contact sport.
Didn’t answer my first question. The NFL did have some hiccups but not to this extent, same thing with college football. One guy showing up on the list (which we don’t even know what makes you eligible) and they cancel a week’s worth of games. Not sustainable to expect they finish the season by the dates agreed to.
the NFL also plowed through like nothing happened and evidently didnt experience spread from one team to another.
the NFL plays in open air stadiums mostly, it makes a huge difference
As an Avs fan, I’m cool with this. It’ll be good to let our injured players heal. If we went into a series of important games without MacKinnon, Gabe, EJ, Toews, and others we’d be completely screwed.