The Provincial Health Authorities Name Their Price
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Arctic Ice Hockey
Filed under: Will NHL hockey be played in Canada this year? If you have paid any attention to the NHL and NHLPA’s Return to Play Plan you would know that it all hinges on the Canadian Provincial Health Authorities. Never before have non-hockey people held so much power over the NHL and they came down on them today. Not in a mean way or anything, but in a way that screams: “our hospitals are at or over capacity, we have no ICU space, we have uncontrolled community spread, we have our provinces under stay at home orders” way.
The Provincial Health Authorities have an answer for the NHL: no approval yet.
It called for the NHL to “reinstate a ‘bubble’ model for the beginning of the season, similar to what was used in the Hub City Series in Edmonton and Toronto.”The health authorities jointly said that they would support a “phased bubble model (full bubble for 4-6 weeks and then a modified bubble following) …
The Provincial Health Authorities are also calling for the delay of the start of the season if these two options are off the table.
The risk in the plan the NHL put forth is higher than it needs to be and the PHA are trying to mitigate it.
The Provincial Health Authorities have an answer for the NHL: no approval yet.
It called for the NHL to “reinstate a ‘bubble’ model for the beginning of the season, similar to what was used in the Hub City Series in Edmonton and Toronto.”The health authorities jointly said that they would support a “phased bubble model (full bubble for 4-6 weeks and then a modified bubble following) …
The Provincial Health Authorities are also calling for the delay of the start of the season if these two options are off the table.
The risk in the plan the NHL put forth is higher than it needs to be and the PHA are trying to mitigate it.