I think we should follow what the NFL did and fine teams draft picks, maybe a 1 game suspension at most. No need to quarantine guys if they aren’t even close contacts and a penalty that hurts the team if rules are broken should be enough to discourage the players

Not everything is about YOU. It's about having some empathy for others YOU might spread it to. Dumbass.
- GalacticStone

Either they are too dumb to understand this, or too selfish to care.

I think we should follow what the NFL did and fine teams draft picks, maybe a 1 game suspension at most. No need to quarantine guys if they aren’t even close contacts and a penalty that hurts the team if rules are broken should be enough to discourage the players
- RedC21

Again, this isn't enough. I'll ask again...can they be charged with a crime for breaching an employment contract??

Either they are too dumb to understand this, or too selfish to care.
- Nasty_Duck

Again, this isn't enough. I'll ask again...can they be charged with a crime for breaching an employment contract??
- Kooleus

No. Compensatory damages perhaps, but not a crime.

Insanity! Young healthy males subjected to a Stalinist Rule enforced by the Woke NHL.
So you can spend time in the locker room, ice and on the bench around each other, but not the night before at the hotel? ok

No. Compensatory damages perhaps, but not a crime.
- Quetzalcoatl

Why not? Biden's mask mandate should extend to every inch of the country. No mask. Then go to jail. That is how you stop the virus, and also how you stop the Caps from making the playoffs.

Just vaccinate they teams and be done with it.

Just vaccinate they teams and be done with it.
- Gerk

THIS. Thank you.

And.......there it is.

It didn't take long for the tinfoil hats to come out.

Covid is the flu. Covid is bullpoop. Covid is a conspiracy to control people. Blah blah (frank)ing blah.

Keep it up. Darwin will sort it out.


- GalacticStone

You're missing the point entirely. What is going on is that "Darwinism", as many relatively simple people like to often make reference to, has also been totally suppressed. Stupid people are not even given the freedom to fail anymore. (Hint, that's how people learn and become better). The very UNsilent liberal minority has put up so many guard rails for society that it is almost impossible to take risks, to perhaps fail, and to learn from failure. It is the biggest bubble-wrapped society ever...and no, Darwin will not sort them out because even Charles Darwin has been suppressed. I'm surprised you haven't labelled Darwin as racist yet.

One day, seems to be soon, Conservatives will stop helping.

"You can ride on my back if you must, but please get out of my way" - me, after a few whiskeys about 10yrs ago.

You're missing the point entirely. What is going on is that "Darwinism", as many relatively simple people like to often make reference to, has also been totally suppressed. Stupid people are not even given the freedom to fail anymore. (Hint, that's how people learn and become better). The very UNsilent liberal minority has put up so many guard rails for society that it is almost impossible to take risks, to perhaps fail, and to learn from failure. It is the biggest bubble-wrapped society ever...and no, Darwin will not sort them out because even Charles Darwin has been suppressed. I'm surprised you haven't labelled Darwin as racist yet.

One day, seems to be soon, Conservatives will stop helping.

"You can ride on my back if you must, but please get out of my way" - me, after a few whiskeys about 10yrs ago.
- JLO961

Why not? Biden's mask mandate should extend to every inch of the country. No mask. Then go to jail. That is how you stop the virus, and also how you stop the Caps from making the playoffs.
- Kooleus

yeah ok. Let's also make the players play wrapped in bubbles. Would hate for them to be breathed on and infected by someone who was already tested negative for covid.

- GalacticStone

it's fun to debate with them for a few posts, but after a certain point, when you've read enough posts about conspiracy theories and the "radical left" government trying to control people (but they ironically never ever give a reason why they do, or how they benefit)......it just gets redundant and boring.

it's true what they say.....

Ok, look, seriously.... I apologize for calling one of you "dumbass" and I apologize for acting like Tanner there for a moment.

The Russian Covid Unit agreed to rules and a contract to play under those rules.

They could have opted out and went to play in any league in the world, including the KHL where the welcome mat and big dollars would be rolled out gladly.

They phucked up, owned it, and hopefully it doesn't happen again.

They need to put the team first - it could have been worse and spread Covid to half the team and staff, necessitating a stoppage that hurts everybody in the organization.

Just knock it off already. Getting paid what Ovechkin makes is compensation enough for having to put up with strict rules, even if they come across as Draconian.

There. Said my piece. Sorry for adding to the bad mojo.

Hockey stuff.

It's sad how Republicans became the biggest victim cult ever. Their endless mewling is heartbreaking.

Not everything is about YOU. It's about having some empathy for others YOU might spread it to. Dumbass.
- GalacticStone

since they are already exposed to each other on the ice, on the hockey bench, in the locker room, in the shower, and on the airplane


who are they endangering by also hanging out in a hotel room for a few hours?


you are literally acting as if they were hanging out with 4 unknown strippers and a donkey

Either they are too dumb to understand this, or too selfish to care.
- Nasty_Duck

since they are already exposed to each other on the ice, on the hockey bench, in the locker room, in the shower, and on the airplane


who are they endangering by also hanging out in a hotel room for a few hours?


you are literally acting as if they were hanging out with 4 unknown strippers and a donkey

Ok, look, seriously.... I apologize for calling one of you "dumbass" .
- GalacticStone

piss off


since they are already exposed to each other on the ice, on the hockey bench, in the locker room, in the shower, and on the airplane


who are they endangering by also hanging out in a hotel room for a few hours?


you are literally acting as if they were hanging out with 4 unknown strippers and a donkey

Why not? Biden's mask mandate should extend to every inch of the country. No mask. Then go to jail. That is how you stop the virus, and also how you stop the Caps from making the playoffs.
- Kooleus

one day you don't need to wear masks


the next day wear 2 masks



seriously illegals are the only thing biden loves more then masks


and china

piss off


since they are already exposed to each other on the ice, on the hockey bench, in the locker room, in the shower, and on the airplane


who are they endangering by also hanging out in a hotel room for a few hours?


you are literally acting as if they were hanging out with 4 unknown strippers and a donkey
- homiedclown

It’s you that still isn’t getting it.

They knew the rules. They agreed to play by them. They broke the rules. They knew the penalty. They got caught. They owned it.

What is so difficult here?

one day you don't need to wear masks


the next day wear 2 masks



seriously illegals are the only thing biden loves more then masks


and china
- homiedclown

It’s you that still isn’t getting it.

They knew the rules. They agreed to play by them. They broke the rules. They knew the penalty. They got caught. They owned it.

What is so difficult here?
- TurdFergeson

it's a stupid rule

they did not add any risks with what they did to get covid

they did not put the team at risk with what they did


where is the added exposure?

they are literally acting as if the 4 of them risked getting their team and other teams extra exposure for covid, they didn't

i

It’s you that still isn’t getting it.

They knew the rules. They agreed to play by them. They broke the rules. They knew the penalty. They got caught. They owned it.

What is so difficult here?
- TurdFergeson

the reason that he isn't getting it is because:

1. they're facts
2. they aren't being given out by fox news or a disgraced president
3. he probably can't read words with more than 3 syllables

- sensarmy_11

A video circulating on social media shows Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), saying “there’s no reason to be walking around with a mask.”