12:15pm: The league has officially postponed tonight’s game between the Flyers and Capitals after a second player entered the COVID protocol. No other games have been postponed at the moment, but the league will continue to analyze test results in the coming days.
The league has also announced that the St. Louis Blues and Arizona Coyotes will move another game from later in the season, meaning they will now have seven games in a row against each other due to COVID outbreaks in other parts of the Central Division. Game #684, originally scheduled for April 15, will now be played this Friday, February 12.
10:15am: The Philadelphia Flyers are the latest NHL team facing the specter of postponement. Darren Dreger of TSN reports that the team had another positive test result late last night and will likely have their game against the Washington Capitals this evening postponed. Travis Sanheim was the only Philadelphia player on the COVID Protocol Related Absences list yesterday, but that appears likely to change.
As we’ve seen with some of the other outbreaks, positive test results can come slowly and trickle in for several days after the initial positive test. It’s not clear how many players or staff have tested positive in Philadelphia or how widespread the damage is, but it appears as though they’ll miss at least one game (and, given the way the NHL has operated previously, more than that).
Of course, just 12 days from now the Flyers were set to take on the Boston Bruins in the NHL’s marquee outdoor event. The NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe is a set of two games including Philadelphia, Boston, Colorado, and Vegas that is supposed to start a modern trend of Mystery, Alaska-type events in the North American wilderness.
We’ll have to wait and see if that event is in jeopardy, but the focus now is getting the Flyers players healthy and safe. The list of postponements continues to grow.
Just a coincidence that the North Division does not have Covid issues? Obviously Canada has been doing it the right way.
Correct for the most part. But to be fair, on Sundays national broadcast they said St. Louis is the only team not to put someone on the Covid list at all this season.
I’m thinking they might be back in Toronto and Edmonton for the playoffs…
Its a cough and a headache… No big deal.
Tell that to the families of the 2.35M people who have died from the virus so far.
Tell that to the families of the over 2.35M people who’ve died due to the virus so far.
10M dead in US alone every year from various causes. All these deaths ( that happen every year) are to people mostly over the life expectancy. Death is part of life.
Tell that to the Wild’s 1st round draft pick who can’t play this year from COVID issues.
Tell him what? He gets paid and will be fine? Nothing to say.
this smells of another outbreak
Oh Canada!!!
We seem to be doing things right north of the Border.
You sure that Trumpy is not still sitting in the Oval Office?
It is Canada. Only moose and ice live there.
I wish. We would have 13,000 more jobs if he was.
Don’t get so excited over Canaduh. Only moose and ice live there.
Canada, moose, ice and oh yeah all the really good hockey players…
Take off hoser!
I’ve had jus aboot enough of ya eh
Jerk off
I’m sure. 61 courts double checked it, even.
That loser lost so bigly, no one has ever seen losing like this. No one else could lose at such a scale. Truly, he’s unmatched at losing.
Grown macho men walk up to him with tears in their eyes to say “Sir, I’ve never seen such great losing.”
He’s lost so much that they are tired of losing.
True story.
surely you’re talking about Walter Mondale
Why do these conversations still happen. We are nearly 1 year into this and have plenty of data and experience to work from. It’s not a matter of who is locked down more or who doesn’t care or who masks and who doesn’t. California and New York have been locked down and had outdoor masking rules in place. Florida had none of those yet their positive testing rate is within a few %points of others. Based on the statements here you would think that Florida’s would be running rampant.
The virus finds its way around. Just like flu. Your fantasy of being able to control it is false.
Because people aren’t very bright.
From your lips to my ears brother!
That doesn’t sound Covid friendly
Still puzzled about why the Caps were forced to play through with 4 players on the Covid list and other teams get to reschedule with just one or two.
probably isolated those 4 before they came back in contact with the rest of the team.