The NHL has been forced to shut down another team for at least the next few days. After the Colorado Avalanche canceled morning skate today following another positive test result, the league has postponed their games through April 20. That means tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Kings and Tuesday’s game against the St. Louis Blues will have to be rescheduled further down the line.
The hope is that the Avalanche can re-open their practice and training facilities on Wednesday, April 21 and return to action on the following night.
Bowen Byram was joined by Philipp Grubauer on the COVID Protocol Related Absences list earlier this week, though the team continued with their scheduled games. Today it was announced that another positive test result had come back from yesterday’s testing, though it is not clear which player will be in the protocol when the list is revealed in a few hours.
I’m reaching for a positive here. The Avs season was set to end prior to May 10 while the Canucks now go to the 20th. If all playoff matchups are to start simultaneously then the Avs won’t be rusty come round 1 but their opponent might be.
They are going to crush my St. Louis Blues in the first round regardless.
I’m not convinced that your blues will see postseason action at all.
Yeah, I’d say that’s reaching. The positive is that grub will miss less time, but the team was scorching hot. Never good to get shut down when you’re rolling like they were.
Either way though, they should be fine.