TORONTO -- The federal government is expected to shrink the mandatory quarantine for incoming NHL players to seven days, a senior government source tells 麻豆影视.
According to the government source, NHL players traded to Canadian teams from United States-based teams will now only have to quarantine for seven days after the federal government and the Public Health Agency of Canada came to agreementswith provincial and local health agencies where Canada鈥檚 seven NHL franchises are located.
鈥淚t now gives Canadian general managers more time to navigate through to the April 12 trade deadline,鈥� TSN Insider Darren Dreger said during the network鈥檚 鈥淚nsider Trading鈥� segment on Thursday.
Under current regulations, NHL players coming from the U.S. to Canada via a trade or waiver pick up have to quarantine for 14 days like anyone else arriving to Canada from another country.
To date, there have only been a handful of cross-border trades this season and it鈥檚 believed the quarantine has played a factor in the lack of activity in the trade market.
Dozens of NHL games have been postponed this season due to outbreaks within teams or close contact with someone who tested positive. The Montreal Canadiens aren鈥檛 scheduled to play until Tuesday after one player tested positive for COVID-19.
The Canada-United States land border has been closed to non-essential travel for more than a year. For some Canadians waiting tobereunited with loved ones abroad, the news stings.
鈥淭his reeks of privilege and is very harmful and another slapshot to the face for Canadian families,鈥� Dr. David Edward-Ooi Poon, founder of Faces of Advocacy, told 麻豆影视.
鈥淭hat extra seven days would mean a lot to Canadian families.鈥�
