NHL players must follow quarantine rules; PM Trudeau

If NHL players are going to be crossing borders in order to finish the 2019-20 season, they will have to follow all quarantine protocols that are in place in Canada, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Asked exactly what players would have to go through, Trudeau stated quarantine protocols at a minimum.

"I think it's a question we'll have to look into," Trudeau said in a press briefing Sunday. "Certainly at a strict minimum, anyone who arrives from another country will have to follow all the rules of quarantine in an extremely strict manner, but we're not there yet in our discussions with the NHL."

"We recognize that it's a possibility, but it depends on an enormous amount of things, and I don't want to speculate on this until there's more discussion."

Right now, rules in Canada require anyone coming into or returning to the country to "undergo a screening by a border services officer or quarantine officer to assess symptoms, "isolate in a place where you will not have contact with vulnerable people, such as:
people 65 years or older, or people with underlying medical conditions", and to "stay inside and do not leave for 14 days unless it is to seek medical attention."

The latest reports say the NHL is eyeing mid-to-late May for the opening of training camps. Play would resume in July with the Stanley Cup final likely stretching into September, and would take place without fans in arenas unless things drastically in the next few weeks.

The Associated Press reported earlier this week that Edmonton and Toronto were being looked at as possible "hockey pod" cities that could host the remainder of the NHL season during the summer months.

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