Why The NHL Won’t Let The Detroit Red Wings Play Until After Christmas
If you're looking for the Detroit Red Wings on TV this week you won't see them playing.
The NHL has shut down the Detroit Red Wings and is not allowing them to play until after the NHL Christmas break which will end Sunday, December 26th.
The reason why the Detroit Red Wings are shut down and not allowed to play until after then is because of players and staff testing positive for Covid-19.
The NHL announced Sunday that "due to concern with the number of positive cases within the last several days," the Red Wings' games are postponed through at least the completion of the holiday break in the league's schedule on Dec. 26.
Who's Tested Positive For The Detroit Red Wings?
forward Sam Gagner
forward Pius Suter
forward Joe Veleno
assistant video coach Jeff Weintraub
They join six other players and two other coaches who have entered protocols in recent days.
goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic
forward Filip Zadina
center Robby Fabbri
center Michael Rasmussen
forward Carter Rowney
right wing Givani Smith
head coach Jeff Blashill
assistant coach Alex Tanguay
Players Tyler Bertuzzi, Danny DeKeyser, and Marc Staal also have been in quarantine.
According to Sports Net more than 100 players have entered COVID protocols in the last week and 40 games so far have been postponed through Dec. 23.
Will The NHL Season Be Cancelled?
Former Detroit Red Wings captain and current GM Steve Yzerman recently questioned why the league is testing players that are not even showing any symptoms.
In a recent media session, Yzerman talked about the Covid-19 protocols and the team shutdowns.
“Players are testing positive with very little symptoms, if any symptoms at all,” “I don’t see it as a threat to their health at this point, so I think you might take it a step further and question why are we even testing for guys that have no symptoms?”
The Detroit Red Wings are currently in 4th place in the Eastern Conference with a record of 15-13-3.
The next scheduled game for the Detroit Red Wings is on Monday, December 27th in New York vs the Rangers.
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