I am inclined to believe them when they say that they just want him to get acclimated to the NHL game and the smaller rink. He has the skills to be successful. In the Blue & White game he was noticeable - maybe not for defense, but for his skating, and handling the puck. That would already make him better than Marincin who has never been good at any of those things. Marincin is good at holding a long stick. It's a skill that's particularly useful in the porn industry, but doesn't necessarily equate to different D work in the NHL. - Monkeypunk
I like him, the fact that 25 NHL teams wanted him and how high Leafs scouts are on him...I'll take their word for it that the guy has talent and in theory, transferable skills to the NHL.
OK, so then what would be wrong with me and my household getting the vaccine, and only going to one restaurant where everyone has been vaccinated and people are maintaining the same protocols as me (100% only associating with those who have been vaccinated)?
I realize that in real life, this would be impossible to enforce, but at least in theory, would this be a safe way to operate? - Atomic Wedgie
Vaccinate to protect yourself, it will not make this process shorter, just safer.
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
Jan 12 @ 1:07 PM ET
Summer rolling around and illnesses being harder to transmit will help decide a lot as well - Santo_44
I'm _cautiously_ optimistic about where things should head. The worst of the social season is behind us, and we now head into the dregs of Canadian winter - January and February. Numbers are increasing, which should lead to more cautious behaviour, particularly since it's easier in Canadian winter after Christmas to isolate. I find I do it most winters without a global pandemic. With increased caution, less reason to go out, more enforced isolation, and ramping up vaccination programs, things should start to look better.
The hard part is when we look at it day-by-day-by-day the vaccine rollout is slower than desired, and the numbers are not yet coming down as we'd hope. It tends to keep our collaborative unease at peak levels.
I'd think in a week, the bump from Christmas season should start to noticeably ebb.
Location: The centre of the hockey universe Joined: 07.31.2006
Jan 12 @ 1:07 PM ET
Vaccinate to protect yourself, it will not make this process shorter, just safer. - bixll
The day that I can get it, I will be getting it.
I'm just still wildly uninformed about what getting a vaccination means - I haven't seen a single damn thing in the media which would attempt to explain how we get out of this mess, step by step.
Theoretically you can "catch" it, but the body would destroy it before symptoms happen. There would be a very small window where you might be able to spread it - Aetherial
I'm just still wildly uninformed about what getting a vaccination means - I haven't seen a single damn thing in the media which would attempt to explain how we get out of this mess, step by step. - Atomic Wedgie
Government seems to be leaving that kind of wide open.
No one can criticize your plan if you don't have one.
Not entirely accurate. The vaccination (Moderna and Pfizer) have about a 95% Efficacy. This generally means once you have your second dose of the vaccine you have 95% less probability of disease incindence (being infected) There is also a significantly reduced abitly to spread the disease on this basis - exact numbers are not yet known, risk factors will take time to develop. To eliminate Covid, it is estimated that 70 to 80% of the population needs to be immunized. Two of the major unknowns are how long vaccination is effective. 3 years would be the current estimate and how long immunity will last once someone that has been infected will last. Keep in mind that the small pox vaccine was invented in the late 1700's - modelling and technology have come a long way and small pox was virtually eliminated. Do you still have to wear a mask - yes, social distance - yes, chance of you getting infected - about 5% and chances of experiencing much milder effects from infection - 99%. - winsix
bolded is not true.
the vaccines currently being rolled out are not infection blocking vaccines - but focused on reducing severity of disease.
Theoretically you can "catch" it, but the body would destroy it before symptoms happen. There would be a very small window where you might be able to spread it - Aetherial
Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
Jan 12 @ 1:16 PM ET
The day that I can get it, I will be getting it.
I'm just still wildly uninformed about what getting a vaccination means - I haven't seen a single damn thing in the media which would attempt to explain how we get out of this mess, step by step. - Atomic Wedgie
There's an online calculator that will tell you approximately when you can get the vaccine. Get it as soon as you can for you and for your family. The super vaccination clinic they are putting together at the Metro convention centre sounds like it may speed things up.
Location: Whenever, wherever, ON Joined: 06.27.2013
Jan 12 @ 1:18 PM ET
I like him, the fact that 25 NHL teams wanted him and how high Leafs scouts are on him...I'll take their word for it that the guy has talent and in theory, transferable skills to the NHL. - Santo_44
I agree. I think he'll be successful at the NHL level.
If Nikita Zaitsev was making $1.2m / year, he'd be a serviceable NHL defenseman.
When Zaitsev came to Toronto at 25, he was coming out of a KHL season where had posted 8 goals and 26 points in 46 games; he put 4 points in 10 games at the World Championship to follow.
Lehtonen is coming to Toronto as a 26 year old, coming out of a KHL season where he had 17 goals and 49 points in 60 games (this year he had 8 goals and 17 points in 17 games); his last World Championships was two years ago due to COVID, but he posted 7 points in 10 games.
Lehtonen led his team, Jokerit, in scoring, with other former NHL players like Kontiola, Joensuu, Lepisto, Jensen also being on the team (msot of these are fringers, but it speaks to his capability as a point producing defenseman).
Objectively, simply on paper, he has the relative comparable numbers to be successful.
The proof will be when he plays, obviously, but everything about him says he's a player you could bet on.
Location: Henry Hudson's Fairchild 24 South Porcupine Joined: 04.03.2016
Jan 12 @ 1:21 PM ET
bolded is not true.
the vaccines currently being rolled out are not infection blocking vaccines - but focused on reducing severity of disease. - MaximusAurelius
Source : Centres for Disease and Prevention
mRNA vaccines are a new type of vaccine to protect against infectious diseases. To trigger an immune response, many vaccines put a weakened or inactivated germ into our bodies. Not mRNA vaccines. Instead, they teach our cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. That immune response, which produces antibodies, is what protects us from getting infected if the real virus enters our bodies.
