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Re: NHL Season Suspended [message #757752 is a reply to message #757750 ]	Thu, 12 March 2020 12:28

Ragnarok73
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RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 12 March 2020 12:00

MJ wrote on Thu, 12 March 2020 11:55

JPro wrote on Thu, 12 March 2020 10:50

We were so close to a heated Edmonton v Calgary playoff series too.

When it comes to stuff like this, school closures, whatever, how does one make the decision to turn the lights back on? Once a vaccine is rolled out in 12-18 months? Because I can't see it getting any better until then, right? It's only going to slowly and gradually get worse over the next few months?

It could get worse but it could get better very soon. I don't believe there's a whole ton of solid predictions from the experts on the subject matter.

For positivity, I interpret that it seems that areas hit the hardest which prompted (or proactively) testing with the widest net like China, South Korea and Italy aren't reporting new cases as quickly as before.

But there's no way I'm trying to play armchair epidemiologist here either. Just a couple cents from loads of reading the past weeks.

Hopefully the reports of a few of the hardest hit slowing a bit are true. Italy has one of the oldest populations in the world so that may be why they are hit so badly.
Wash your hands, if you are sick stay inside.

I do wonder if the NHL comes back which I think they will do everything they can too because they need too, especially the playoffs for revenues. Does it make sense to cut back a few games? Round off the season to 75 games or something like that. It sucks for the teams having played a game or 2 extra especially if you are a team that mathematically is in the hunt, you just have to go on a unlikely insane winning streak. BUt that's life. If you cut back 5-6 games, that trims basically 2 weeks off your season. So maybe the playoffs would start almost at the same time.

Funny how the spread of the virus in its country of origin (China) was already slowing down before the WHO lost its head in calling it a "pandemic" despite it currently affecting less than a tenth of a percent of the planet's population.

Best case scenario: the NHL just decides to shorten the season by canceling the remaining regular season games and going straight to the playoffs, which means that the Oilers would be hosting the Flames in a playoff Battle of Alberta for the first time in over 30 years.

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NHL Season Suspended	By: MJ on Thu, 12 March 2020 11:48
Re: NHL Season Suspended	By: JPro on Thu, 12 March 2020 11:50
Re: NHL Season Suspended	By: MJ on Thu, 12 March 2020 11:55
Re: NHL Season Suspended	By: RDOilerfan on Thu, 12 March 2020 12:00
Re: NHL Season Suspended	By: Ragnarok73 on Thu, 12 March 2020 12:28
Re: NHL Season Suspended	By: MJ on Thu, 12 March 2020 13:56
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