[News] Flames have 20 players, 3 coaches, and 10 support staff in COVID protocol

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

According to some Twitter dude the 6-8 ended up being staff but that doesn’t really answer why they boarded the flight. Shouldn’t matter if it’s staff/players I mean look at Calgary atm.

I don't think they'd be going if there were 6-8 positives in the org. We'll see. If there were actually 6-8 positives and they still traveled, well, now shadowlord has a case for the organization not learning its lessons from last season.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Flames0910

Err, sure nobody has died yet but it has already been career ending for at least one NHL player. Not to mention if you are in the playoffs and half your roster is out with a covid variant, how are you supposed to compete?

In any case, it sure looks like the Omicron variant is decimating professional sports right now.

You mean the guy who didn't believe in covid and didn't want to protect himself?
Let's not go into bubbles to protect adults making their own decisions that put them at risk.
Society needs to move forward, hockey included.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

You mean the guy who didn't believe in covid and didn't want to protect himself?
Let's not go into bubbles to protect adults making their own decisions that put them at risk.
Society needs to move forward, hockey included.

Except they not only put themselves at risk, they transmit. Half-assed measures have set the comebacks back so many times.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Except they not only put themselves at risk, they transmit. Half-assed measures have set the comebacks back so many times.

Is a hockey playoff bubble going to stop covid? Not sure what you're getting at

[D as in David]

The bubble may become necessary if the government imposes restrictions on border crossings.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by woolymammoth

That's the right thing to do. Can't wait until that happens. And I'm not just talking about inside professional sports.

If high case loads of Omicron aren't filling the hospitals, I expect we see this happen.

The problem with the insane pace of growth is you can't guess wrong early on, or the hospital system will collapse again.

We just need to be a little patient. We'll know in a couple more weeks what we're dealing with.

[dino7c]

Flames are going to have like 10 games in hand when they get back

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Is a hockey playoff bubble going to stop covid? Not sure what you're getting at

It will be included in general shutdowns, in order to carry on play. General shutdowns do curb COVID. The problem is impatience, every time.

[Mass_nerder]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Another question is probably whether the impacts are worth the alarm.

It doesn’t seem like the impacts are very severe at all.

I know this isn't the place to have this discussion, but it should be pointed out that severity of the average infection isn't the concern here. Instead, it is how easy the infection spreads.
If it's spreading 2-3x as fast, it's not going to matter that the chances of a significant infection are lower.

[Slanter]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Flames are going to have like 10 games in hand when they get back

Yeah, and the only bright spot is that we'll still be ahead of the Oilers.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

They had arguably the worst schedule to start the season, and after they start playing again they'll have so many games to make up they'll have one of the worst schedules in the 2nd half. Good times.

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

They had arguably the worst schedule to start the season, and after they start playing again they'll have so many games to make up they'll have one of the worst schedules in the 2nd half. Good times.

But they will be rested!

Oh, no.. they will be rusty!

Whatever. Teams that play the right way will most likely get good results

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Flames are going to have like 10 games in hand when they get back

Probably 6 games.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Probably 6 games.

They already have 3 on the Ducks

[Goriders]

Hopefully they can somehow get a few practices in to stay in game shape before the get dumped into 10 games in 8 nights on the road.

[djsFlames]

Most of the games missed will be home games, except for Chicago and Nashville.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Also, Friedman on Hockey Central confirms the Flames are indeed dealing with the Omnicron strain.

That's crazy. We have something like 60 cases in all of Alberta, and when they caught it, it was half that or less. Somehow it got to the team though. Sure explains why it hit so many vaccinated players.

[Chi-Town Hustler]

I got the needle but I'm starting to think this won't ever end. It'll be like the yearly cold- mutates as it goes. Eventually our bodies will evolve but still remain susceptible. Maybe that's just what I hope.

[Hockeyguy15]

Add Dube and Kylington to the list.

[FlamesAreOne]

@NHLFlames

#Flames Roster Update: Dillon Dube, Oliver Kylington and 1 member of the support staff have entered the NHL’s COVID-19 Protocol.