general manager Doug Armstrong revealed on Wednesday that several members of team contracted COVID-19 during the league hiatus earlier this year, which he believes ultimately affected their performance in the Edmonton bubble.Armstrong told reporters on Wednesday
“When they were quarantining, they couldn’t go to the gym, they couldn’t do certain things,” he explained. “It affected each of the players differently. Some lost a considerable amount of weight. They all felt some form of a symptom. It wasn’t that they had it and they didn’t feel anything.”their training facility for a few days after multiple players tested positive for COVID-19.
Buddy just has to realize their run is over the cup run last year was magical but they lost to a better Vancouver team
This is the worst excuse i ve ever heard from a NHL team GM.
Good answer and all the Leafs had it too. Good story that I am going with..
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The last time the Canucks knocked the Blues from the playoffs it was because a flu ran through the team, now it’s Covid. If I were the Blues I’d pray I didn’t meet the Canucks in the playoffs. It seems to be getting progressively worse.
Lol, that doesn't explain Binnington looking like Swiss cheese. They got outplayed, get over it.
Oh ya here comes the excuse just admit it the canucks are a far better team and you better get used to it.
pathetic
The covid didn’t affect them as much as BC’s beloved Canucks affected that Blues team. Good hockey to you, Couvertown!
blah blah blah SuckItUp
I guess everyone on the oilers not named McDavid and Draisaitl also had Covid
Binnington the Tommy Tutone of hockey. Makes me sick we lost to that bozo.
Earlier this year? Like what? 4 months ago? You lost to a better team, admit it
Well maybe tell your bleeping team to stay home like the government says and they wouldn’t all get covid
Really? Corey Crawford had Covid and he was amazing in the playoffs...
Whaw wawawawa
This is just a very sad excuse
Three of our players lost their fathers this season, and a fourth has an ill Dad. Reasons. Yet they persevered. Canucks 💪
Really hoping that this explanation is not an excuse.
Nobody has ever caught covid, because covid doesn't exist. Those people had a cold
Or, hear me out, they lost to a better team?
Well,that’s there fault for being irresponsible. But nice excuse. Don’t feel sorry for them at all.
Take the L’s like men.
You could really see the COVID effects in games one, two, five and six.
Coverup?
Or didn’t have to go through a half dead Sharks team (or Vegas or Avs teams for those that felt the Sharks shouldn’t have made it that far)
So let me get this straight they were sick before they started playing and nobody threw them out of the bubble... but in the meantime nobody else got sick... grow up and take responsibility ...they sucked
While this might be true, that’s still on the organization to ensure players didn’t contract Covid during the stoppage. It’s an excuse and a poor excuse. The Canucks just out played them.
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