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

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Oilers are probably already salivating about that game. They get to play a super rusty Covid-ravaged Flames squad coming off an extended break with little to no practice time. It's the perfect setup for them with the 2 points basically already gift-wrapped.

Luckily Vladar was not under protocol and is probably chomping at the bit for a bounce back.

Maybe there's a shot that we wrestle a 2-1 type game from them with the dark lord ready to go.

With RNH? and Hyman possibly out, their lines 2-4 are even more useless than usual.

[CNeufeld]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Oilers are probably already salivating about that game. They get to play a super rusty Covid-ravaged Flames squad coming off an extended break with little to no practice time. It's the perfect setup for them with the 2 points basically already gift-wrapped.

I would be surprised if they're not headed for their own little (out)break... They're at 3 now in Covid protocol, including RNH who was playing last night. Their plane was apparently parked and waiting for test results before they head to their next game.

C

[Bankai]

Just received an email from the Flames confirming games will be cancelled up to Dec 23 vs SEA. Sucks since this was my first game in half a decade going to the Dome. Oh well.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by CNeufeld

I would be surprised if they're not headed for their own little (out)break... They're at 3 now in Covid protocol, including RNH who was playing last night. Their plane was apparently parked and waiting for test results before they head to their next game.

C

Agreed. There's a strong probability that they will have there own outbreak leading to postponed games in that time period.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Talk on NHL Network Radio & Fan 590 yesterday suggested it might be too difficult to make up games in that 3 week break regardless if they go to the Olympics or not due to building availability. Possibility exists they could play some of those games, or do some neutral site games, but logistically it sounded rough.

Apparently the news that an alternate schedule was drafted was true, but only in the case of no Olympics and if the decision was made prior to the start of the season. Since they pressed forward, most buildings occupied the empty dates where they could.

If the league were smart they should have at least made the last 4-8 games of the season intra-divisional (ideally among the most proximal teams). It would keep playoff races interesting, or in the case that they don't go to the olympics they'd have better odds of rescheduling that last week of the season into the break.

Scheduling more 'series' games could also have helped, too. The only two times CGY plays teams consecutively (MIN, SEA) are home and home series (an expression I've never really understood...should be home-away...)

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Oh great, it would be just like the first game of the season but even worse, coming in off an extended break with no access to facilities, and the Coil having every advantage.

It's fine. Let them have it.

Ed.onton needs every advantage they can get, and like always it won't do them a lick of good.

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[djsFlames]

True. Schedulers and the universe conspiring to help them can't even buy them a meaningful season without bitter disappointment. They're just that bad.

[HUSKER4FLAMES]

With three teams doing a break, but where are the rest of the teams at in the COVID cycle when the flames are cleared to play?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by CNeufeld

I would be surprised if they're not headed for their own little (out)break... They're at 3 now in Covid protocol, including RNH who was playing last night. Their plane was apparently parked and waiting for test results before they head to their next game.

C

Keith now in protocol...tbh I'm not sure if that is bad for them

[calgarygringo]

Their plane is in the air on the way to Seattle just so many or most must have checked out ok.

Originally Posted by dino7c

Keith now in protocol...tbh I'm not sure if that is bad for them

[browna]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Backlund was always a slow starter

And goes out of his way to avoid contact…

[dying4acup]

I guess there are advantages to Chucky never actually putting his mouth guard in his mouth (rim shot).

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by djsFlames

Luckily Vladar was not under protocol and is probably chomping at the bit for a bounce back.

Maybe there's a shot that we wrestle a 2-1 type game from them with the dark lord ready to go.

Don't worry, he's ready

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I don’t see NHL players playing in the Olympics, and the NHL season being completed without serious changes (or maybe at all) as Covid-19 looks to rip through the league.

I would bet good money some will still go. There is an article in the Athletic where some players said they would definitely go, some said they are unsure, some said no. Pretty sure you will see some go, some will not but NHL players will go.

[Icantwhisper]

Instead of us always playing the victim maybe we should be happy that it doesn’t appear any players will have to miss games yet. Other teams have had to carry on without significant pieces (marchant, kutznetzov come to mind) we pretend we’re the only team in the league that gets an extended break that could disrupt our mojo.
We complain about playing too many games and are already making excuses for a game we haven’t played yet, some of us are never happy

[djsFlames]

Our mojo was already disrupted from all the playing.

Hoping the break actually does the opposite this time.

I can't even begin to predict how guys will look coming out of that though.

[PuckSlap]

They lost their mojo more than a week ago.

I don’t want this to be another 2019 situation. They lost their mojo weeks before the all star break, but allot of flames fans didn’t see the writing on the wall until it was too late. Once the trade deadline came, Brad Treliving, didn’t make any much needed moves.

I’m not saying it’s the same as 2019 but I don’t want the fact that they all got omicron, to be Trelivings excuse as to why they couldn’t succeed.

[TheContact]

I guess sometimes you don’t want the monkey off your back.

[transplant99]

@PierreVLeBrun

Expect more NHL postponements to be announced today. A league-wide pause feels inevitable but for now sense is the NHL/NHLPA will try to power through next few days if possible with case by case approach still…

[transplant99]

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