The Edmonton Oilers have another preseason tilt tonight against the Winnipeg Jets but still won’t have depth forward Josh Archibald in the lineup. Head coach Dave Tippett told reporters today that Archibald is getting blood work done to try and solve a mysterious medical issue:
Arch has skated for a few days and is having some tests done. He just can’t seem to get himself up to speed, he’s not feeling like he should be. The last couple days he’s had some testing done and we’re waiting for the results of that. He’s just not getting up to speed like he should be, so we just want to check where he’s at. He’s set back a couple days here.
Archibald is the only player on the Oilers that declined the COVID-19 vaccine, but Tippett confirmed that he has tested negative every day. The head coach also suggested Archibald actually might be currently ineligible to receive the vaccine because of this health issue even if he decided to get it now. The priority now is on the current health of the 28-year-old forward.
Entering the second season of a two-year, $3MM contract that was signed in 2020, Archibald has shown he can be a valuable bottom-six player for the Oilers. After scoring 12 goals in his first season in Edmonton, he came back with seven goals and 13 points in 52 games last year. While his playing time was certainly not guaranteed given the additions the team has made and the vaccination status that would keep him from traveling with the team at certain points, losing him entirely would certainly not be ideal at this juncture.
If Archibald is held out for this medical issue, it could be an opportunity for Colton Sceviour, in camp on a professional tryout, to land an NHL contract. The team will already be executing a delicate long-term injured reserve dance to get cap compliant, which should open enough room for another depth signing like Sceviour if there is a roster spot to be had.
Yeah it’s called Covid. Maybe some have heard of it.
Perhaps you missed the part where it says he has been tested and passed that test every day.
so what, if you’re not vaccinated any disease you get is Covid? I really do hope you are joking.
There is nothing else but covid. Gasp!!
Well clearly he will have to be put on LITR.
The Oilers cannot travel with him, cannot count on him being on the lineup, cannot trade him, so how to deal with this hmmmmm. Mysterious illness that is not Covid but might prevent a vaccination.
Perhaps the organization is just “keeping things in house” as they say, but whether Archibald actually is or is not one of these people, there are some people who do have legitimate medical issues that leave them unable to get vaccinated.
Which, of course, is yet another reason why it’s so important for the people who can get vaccinated to get vaccinated…to protect the people who cannot get vaccinated…so they, too, can stay alive and stuff.
The vaccine doesn’t stop the spread, they’ve come out and said this. By getting vaccinated you only reduce the risk of hospitalization or death for yourself.
Ah, “they”.
Like reddit or your Facebook friends?
The vaccine pretty clearly reduces the spread. It doesn’t eliminate it. But it significantly reduces it.
Hope Archie is ok
Define “stop”?
Does it eliminate spread? No.
Does it reduce spread? Yes.
I don’t understand the weird math of the anti-vaxxers. “If we can’t prevent EVERYONE from getting sick, we must not bother trying to prevent anyone from getting sick!” “Why should I get the vaccine if it only keeps me from dying but not from testing positive on a PCR test, huh?”
Even if the vaccine did nothing to curb the spread, the fact that it decreases symptoms allows an overly stressed medical system some relief so that doctors and hospitals can care for those with other ailments or those who for medical reasons cannot get the vaccine. 99% of those who are unvaccinated in the USA and Canada are just being selfish and stupid. “Doing my own research,” please tell me what peer-reviewed journal article are you reading, what immunologits and virologists are you meeting with, what university are you enrolled at where you are taking classes for your MD or DO?
@ Ducey On July 30, 2021, the CDC director confirmed that “Delta infection resulted in similarly high SARS- CoV-2 viral loads in vaccinated and unvaccinated people. High viral loads suggest an increased risk of transmission and raised concern that, unlike with other variants, vaccinated people infected with Delta can transmit the virus”
@ forwhomthejoshbelltolls
On August 6, 2021, CDC Director Dr. Walensky stated on CNN: “Vaccines are working exceptionally well. They continue to work well for Delta, with regard to severe illness and death – – they prevent it. But what they can’t do anymore is prevent transmission.”
• On August 19, 2021, the CDC issued a joint statement advocating for COVID-19 booster shots, Citing evidence that despite full mRNA vaccination, patients were experiencing “reduced protection against mild and moderate disease”