NHL Players On The Vaccine Policy
from Joshua Clipperton of the CP at TSN,
Vaccinated players that test positive in 2021-22 for COVID-19 will be treated as having hockey injuries and still get paid, while their unvaccinated counterparts are set to have their movements restricted on the road.
Regular testing for the coronavirus will continue for vaccinated players.
Canucks forward Jason Dickinson said the decision to role up his sleeve was an easy one.
"The vaccine works — it works," he said. "There's a lot of people that want to argue it. And I guess that's their right, but there's a lot of people that are losing their rights right now by having to wait (the unvaccinated) out.
"It's slowing down everybody else's life."
But Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck, whose team is fully vaccinated, said he felt pressured into getting the shot.
"I'm not anti-vaxx by any means, but I'd like to have that decision for myself," he said. "I had just gotten COVID and gotten over it, and then I had to get the (vaccine), which made me feel like I had COVID all over again. If I could have had at least some time to choose, maybe I would have got it (when) they recommend — three months later.
"I would have liked (the NHLPA) to have helped us a little more ... I just feel it could have been worked out a little bit better."
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