No quarantine power play as Canucks are returning for 14-day protocol
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The Province Hockey
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'Everything I’m hearing is that they (health officials) didn’t accept the group cohort quarantine, which means our U.S. and European players wold be coming in to sort out their two-week quarantine.' There was Elias Pettersson turning Nate Schmidt into a pretzel on Nov. 29, 2018 at Rogers Arena. The slick Swedish centre stripped Schmidt off the puck in the slot, and while falling to the ice, he somehow whipped a no-look pass to a wide open Brock Boeser for a highlight-reel goal. And last Thursday in the Swedish Hockey League, prime prospect Nils Hoglander went between his legs to score a sensational goal and put an exclamation mark on his loan from the Canucks to BF Rogle that ended Saturday.
They proposed a creative COVID-19 quarantine to adhere to the mandatory 14-day protocol for their players returning from the U.S. and Europe.
With COVID-19, there are lots of things to be considered in keeping players healthy and also their families and people who work for us and everything that goes with running a team.
And it could lead to fines and suspensions, depending on how the NHL and NHL Players’ Association want to broach that subject.
He’s going to be in that mix of players with open spots and if he’s ready and deserves to play, we’re going to figure out a way to get him in the lineup.”
They proposed a creative COVID-19 quarantine to adhere to the mandatory 14-day protocol for their players returning from the U.S. and Europe.
With COVID-19, there are lots of things to be considered in keeping players healthy and also their families and people who work for us and everything that goes with running a team.
And it could lead to fines and suspensions, depending on how the NHL and NHL Players’ Association want to broach that subject.
He’s going to be in that mix of players with open spots and if he’s ready and deserves to play, we’re going to figure out a way to get him in the lineup.”