The hockey season is approaching, meaning the league and player’s union needed to negotiate the COVID testing protocols once again. The NHL and NHLPA announced the 2022-23 protocols today, which mirror the ones that the league ended last season with.
Mainly, testing will only happen for symptomatic individuals and those crossing a border. If a positive result is returned, players must isolate for five days if asymptomatic, or up to ten days if experiencing symptoms. Symptomatic cases can exit isolation and return to the team as early as day six, if their symptoms are resolving and have tested negative on one of the league’s approved methods.
Unvaccinated players will have the same status; they are unable to cross the border to play, meaning the team is allowed to suspend them without pay for any days missed. However, if an unvaccinated or vaccinated player contracts COVID, it will be deemed a hockey-related injury and they will not forfeit any salary or other compensation.
Ominously, the league does also retain the right to postpone, reschedule, and cancel any games or events during the season if they deem it poses a material risk to players’ health or the health of others.
There is no mention of a COVID taxi squad this time around – hopefully something that is in the past for good.
Players should get vaccinated. Canada
Why? If you get the shot you can still catch it. This isn’t a vaccine. It obviously doesn’t work.
Why? Does it stop them from catching Covid?
^ FFS both these guys
The vaccine doesn’t stop you from getting covid. It stops you from going to the hospital or dying
If both of those sound okay to you then by all means you do you
You mean like Joe and Jill Biden?
This is very disappointing coming from the league considering what we now clearly know about rates of tranmission of vaxxed and unvaxxed people. There’s no good reason to be injecting healthy atheletes with this “vaccine”.
Pawtucket is wrong. Vaccine does very little to keep humans from dying. The virus has mutated to the point where it is not as potent now. Vaccine is basically worthless today. I’m a Dr.
It doesn’t prevent, alleviate or mitigate much of anything. But if you still believe the fictional narrative, you do you.
Come on Canada, really ?
Just close the comments now. This is gonna become a political debate and not one about the League or the sport.
on an article that doesn’t need comments anyway.
Yet you had to comment….Always gotta be heard.
Trolls always gonna troll. Close the comments. People come here for hockey, not for COVID denial.
Gotta love it. Doesn’t want comments, interjects opinion first.
Why did the definition of a vaccine need to change in 2021? Can anyone clarify, please?
Or for Branch Covidian vax worship.
@88good Ya, I want my opinion about the sport to be heard on this site. My opinion on politics can be heard and debated elsewhere.
@Detroit_SP, where did I interject my political opinion on the matter? I simply stated that before this becomes a political matter it should be shut down. Didn’t reject one side or the other. That is a debate on another page. Not PHR.
@non-tenderd, not everyone who doesn’t believe in what is recommended by a league is a troll. Believe there is some middle ground.
CNN didn’t have it 100% right, nor did rebel news. Find a happy medium and find your zone.
No one will have it 100%. Ever. Always best to find all the news you can and make your own opinion. Don’t rely on just one source.
Liberals hate it when they’re losing
Hockey.
Hockey?
Boss: You need to be vaccinated to work here
Employee: Vaccinated against what?
B: COVID
E: So the vaccination keeps me from getting COVID?
B: Definitely not
E: But it’ll keep other people from getting my COVID?
B: Absolutely not
E: So why must I be vaccinated?
B: To stop COVID
E: Ah, it does stop COVID?
B: No, of course not
E: Does it keep anyone from getting COVID?
B: No
E: But everyone has to be vaccinated?
B: No, not undocumented immigrants
E: Because they don’t have COVID?
B: Millions of them have COVID.
E: So, why don’t they have to get vaccinated?
B: It’s not mandated
E: So let me get this straight. I have to be vaccinated…
B: Correct
E: …with a vaccine that doesn’t stop COVID….
B: Exactly
E: …..and doesn’t keep anyone else from getting my COVID….
B: Now you have it!
E: …and illegal aliens don’t have to get it…
B: Bullseye!
E: ….all because it’s mandated to stop COVID?
B: I couldn’t have put it better myself!
E: HEEEEY AAAAABBBBBBOTTTTTT!!!!!