[News] World Juniors cancelled

[FlamesAddiction]

Austria will now be making three consecutive appearances. If you told me that three years ago, I wouldn't have believed it.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

That older people are more at risk and that the virus could mutate? I thought that was pretty common knowledge to anyone with a high school education.

The quote was every elderly person in Florida was going to die from Covid.

I’ll ask again if you believe that. Check your highschool text books and let me know what you find.

[Goriders]

Hopefully they reschedule the tourney for later in the year. Can’t imagine how much money the organizers probably lost.

Be good to try and allow all of the kids in their final eligible season to compete.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Over a population of billions of people, with hundreds of millions of iterations, the chance is definetly there that it could mutate into a deadly and fast spreading strain.

Is that a chance you want to take? And for what gain?

Turn off your TV

[ben voyonsdonc]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

That's not what benvoyonsdonc said, and you know it.

Older people more at risk ≠ every old person is going to die of COVID.

The virus could mutate ≠ it will certainly mutate into a form that will spread like wildfire and be far more lethal than any previous strain if we don't cancel the WJC.

Don't pretend you are defending a sane position here.

Dude. Do you think I really meant that every old person was going to die? It was exaggeration. Good god. However, a new variant that has the same transmissibility of omicron with greater virulence and resistance to immunization absolutely puts older people at risk.

[btimbit]

Bought a month of TSN streaming for 3 days of games. Wonder if I can get a refund

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Turn off your TV

And turn on your Facebook?

[ben voyonsdonc]

Reducing the spread of the virus is the best way to avoid the creation of variants. I wasn’t arguing that the cancellation of WJC was about that. I was responding to the Florida argument that we should “just live our lives”. The more we just allow it to run roughshod, the more likely it is to develop even more dangerous variants.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...-variants.html

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc

Reducing the spread of the virus is the best way to avoid the creation of variants. I wasn’t arguing that the cancellation of WJC was about that. I was responding to the Florida argument that we should “just live our lives”. The more we just allow it to run roughshod, the more likely it is to develop even more dangerous variants.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...-variants.html

Exactly this. We are lucky that Omicron variant hasn't been producing serious illnesses at the rate of other variants, but the more the virus rans rampant, the greater chance that another, possibly more deadly variant, will be spawned. Some people don't get this and think we shouldn't be taking it as serious as past variants.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Turn off your TV

I'd like to tell you to turn on your brain but I don't think you have the necessary equipment.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Goriders

Hopefully they reschedule the tourney for later in the year. Can’t imagine how much money the organizers probably lost.

Be good to try and allow all of the kids in their final eligible season to compete.

That's an even worse look for the IIHF than they already have. Cancelling the womens U18 last year and again this year but finding a way to reschedule the mens U18, then rescheduling the juniors when they have stated all the other events are cancelled with no possibility or rescheduling would set a ver4y poor precedent.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Bought a month of TSN streaming for 3 days of games. Wonder if I can get a refund

I debated doing the same for football, 4 games cancelled already - I'm kind of glad I passed on doing it.

[J epworth]

Team Slovakia here at the airport this morning so teams are getting out of here quick after the cancellation

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by btimbit

Bought a month of TSN streaming for 3 days of games. Wonder if I can get a refund

Many, many people have lost money during the pandemic, including many who have lost their livelihood.

Consider this an annoying, yet marginal, loss.


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[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

That's an even worse look for the IIHF than they already have. Cancelling the womens U18 last year and again this year but finding a way to reschedule the mens U18, then rescheduling the juniors when they have stated all the other events are cancelled with no possibility or rescheduling would set a ver4y poor precedent.

The men's U23 (World Juniors) is a premier event. Why would it be a bad look to try and reschedule that?

No one gives a #### about the men's U18 for the most part, and even less for the women's.

[kobasew19]

you mean U21s.

[heep223]

This is a ####ing embarrassment for Alberta and Canada. Our policy makers need to get their #### together, the draconian restrictions for what is becoming a cold/flu for a primarily vaxxed population are ridiculous.

Honestly feel so bad for these kids and it’s a terrible look for our province and country

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by heep223

This is a ####ing embarrassment for Alberta and Canada. Our policy makers need to get their #### together, the draconian restrictions for what is becoming a cold/flu for a primarily vaxxed population are ridiculous.

Honestly feel so bad for these kids and it’s a terrible look for our province and country

Outside of the hockey bubble no one cares
Our province has plenty that it should be embarrassed about during Covid but this one isn’t on the radar

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by heep223

This is a ####ing embarrassment for Alberta and Canada. Our policy makers need to get their #### together, the draconian restrictions for what is becoming a cold/flu for a primarily vaxxed population are ridiculous.

Honestly feel so bad for these kids and it’s a terrible look for our province and country

Albertas rule was one positive and you forfeit? You sure about that?

That’s what tanked the tourney.

[bzoo02]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

Spector says this wasn’t the organizers’ fault. Which makes me think it was.

He also rejects Finland’s complaints about the tourney in general and bases this assessment on the fact no coach complained about the bubble. He called Finland’s coach “literally a voice in the wilderness”.

While the IIHF governs the tournament it's up to the host (benefactor, in this case the Edmonton Oilers) to organize and coordinate hotels/bubbles.

So if Spector is saying it wasn't the organisers (Oilers) fault, then it definitely was.

https://twitter.com/GMillerTSN/statu...gMn0p969A&s=19