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There will be some Penguins skating in the Pittsburgh area for the first time since March. Jim Rutherford has announced the Penguins will have voluntary skates starting this Tuesday at the Lemieux Complex
The Penguins' procedures for players returning to the ice include recommendations from the NHL, as well as additional safety measures conducive to the team facility. The players will train in groups of six, and must remain socially distant during both on and off-ice sessions. Player groups will have specific arrival and departure times, as well as designated non-contact points of entry/exit to the building. The player lounge and other common areas will be prohibited at this time.
We are going to start finding out if the league is going to have any kind of chance to start back up again. The Penguins have already had one player test positive for Covid-19. That player is healthy and recovered. As more teams start to skate we are going to see if the teams can keep this number at zero. We will learn what they will do *if* there are multiple infections. If there are issues with only six players at a time the outlook will not be positive for the season. We are starting to see an uptick in new cases in areas who have started to open things back up again. Something important to keep in mind with the NHL is that they will be aggressively testing so they will be on top of this unlike the general population who are not being tested aggressively.
There will obviously be no fans allowed for these skates and I’m not sure if media will even be allowed to cover these skates (not that we need live tweet updates on these).
These are the first baby steps back. They will need to go well.
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