NHL expects 98 per cent of players to be vaccinated before season

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Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday the NHL expects 98% of players to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the start of the season.

CHICAGO -- Jacob Trouba was the first NHL player who allowed himself to be publicly photographed getting jabbed with a dose of coronavirus vaccine, and his wife did rotations in the emergency room in Florida with the pandemic raging.

"We weren't really trying to convince each other one way or the other," Los Angeles defenseman Drew Doughty said. "But then I think when the NHL released that statement that you lose pay and stuff like that, that kind of changed some guys' minds." Fully vaccinated players will have any COVID-19 positives treated as hockey injuries and still be paid. Unvaccinated players also will have their movements restricted when on the road. And there will still be regular coronavirus testing for vaccinated players.

 

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CTVNationalNews Make it 100% or bench them. It isn't safe for unvaccinated players to attend games. Covid is now so contagious that they have 12 times the chance of getting it and 34 times being hospitalized. Those players need to stay safe.

That's awesome. Good job, boys!

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