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Originally Posted by Southside
NHL action in Edmonton beyond April? Strange times indeed. But, seriously, why Edmonton? Genuinely curious.
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A few reasons off the top of my head as a guess.
1) Edmonton is fairly isolated with the next largest "hot spot" city being Calgary, 3 hours away. Edmonton does appear to have COVID under control from a growth and hospital standpoint. Calgary does for the most part but Edmonton has much smaller number of cases.
2) Edmonton's arena has a practice arena in the same building as the regular rink and hotels across the street. Given its a newer building, they have lot's of locker room space and good ice for the warmer months.
Just a few items, I am sure the NHL has looked into this a little more than based on what I said.