This is What Bruins Coach Bruce Cassidy Stated About Upcoming Olympics

What is going to occur with the Olympics?

With COVID-19 broadly spreading as a result of new Omicron variant, skilled sports activities leagues have been hit arduous in latest weeks as instances have risen. With the 2022 Winter Olympic video games set to kick off Feb. 4 and strict quarantine rules in place if an athlete have been to check constructive, it has raised questions on NHL gamers’ doable participation.

Whereas gamers wish to make the journey, there actually are questions and Boston Bruins heart Patrice Bergeron lately spoke about it.

Bruins head coach Bruce Cassidy additionally spoke about the opportunity of gamers heading to the Olympics earlier than the staff’s Thursday night time tilt with the New York Islanders and mentioned what he has heard.

“I’m listening to the gamers have considerations about quarantine points if they need to take a look at constructive over there. I might assume each athlete is on that boat whether or not you’re a skier, roller or hockey participant that quarantining out of the country for an period of time with a international authorities controlling when you may go away could be one thing a participant or any athlete or assist employees would have a respectable concern,” Cassidy stated by way of team-provided audio. “So I believe they’d wish to get via the extra concrete solutions.

“I believe a playbook got here out the opposite day. I don’t know, I don’t have entry to that if it handled these points or not. I’m positive these are questions that folks may reply in any nation’s Olympic committee. However these could be legitimate considerations. I hope they get squared away within the close to future. I believe all people needs to take part in the event that they go right into a wholesome atmosphere.”

There nonetheless is loads of time earlier than anybody must journey, however hopefully the present COVID-19 development will reverse course by then.