While the rest of the world took serious steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Sweden stood firm.The Scandinavian country has broken the trend of nearly every other European and North American country by allowing schools, restaurants, barsand other busine sesto stay open despite the pandemic. The resultsare still open to debate, but, at least for now, the policy remains in place.Among the many facilities thathave stayed open are ice rinks,allowing some Swedish NHLplayersto continue to skate despite the rest of the league being
https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/frank-white-jersey cooped up at home.TSN's Darren Dreger that Vancouver's Elias Petter son is one of several Swedes that has been skating amid the pandemic. He said it hasn't gone down well with a few other NHL players."I can tell you, there are some NHL players in North America who do not like the idea given the competitive edge you might see," he said.Anaheim Ducksdefenseman Michael Del Zotto agreed, saying the players that are skating will have
https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/brian-flynn-jersey a big advantage when the NHL does resume activities."I know things are normal in Sweden ," he said on last week. "It's very different there andthey're going to have an advantage. I didn't know about the skating side, so now they're going to have an even bigger advantage. If you take the skating away from it, even just training there are a lot of guys that are in a tough spot, guys that are in small condos."
https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/adalberto-mondesi-jersey So these players in Swedenhave a huge advantage."MORE: Apart from simply helping players keep the rust off, Del Zotto added that being able to have time on the icewill play a big part in preventing injuries when hockey does return."If this goes on two months, three months andwe get into August and we plan on coming back; to be off the ice for three or four months, even in a normal circumstance, that doesn't happen," he said. "When you have a normal offseason you take off a month or whatever and you slowly get back into it, so these guys are going to have a huge advantage not just as far as being ready to play but healthwise as well."Last week, Petterson's teammateJacob Markstrom spoke to reporters on a video callfrom his hometown of Gavle, Sweden, and noted that thecountry is running fairly normally.He's staying home as much as he can, though, and he actually left his equipment back in Vancouver.Markstrom traveled back home
https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/billy-hamilton-jersey to Sweden about three weeks prior to thecall after rehabbing aknee injury; players who were injured have been allowed to continue their rehabilitation at their team's facilities .He also told reporters that he's working with a trainer but is trying to be careful, ashe doesn't want toget sick or pa s it on to anyone.As the number of confirmed cases continues to grow in Sweden, player health does startto become an i sue. Dreger said the league will continue to monitor the situation overseas."What happens when these players are welcomed back to North America? No doubt about it, these players will be quarantined, and there are some guys who believe that the players will also face mandatory NHL testing," he said.Of course, the players are well within their rights to take advantage of rinks bring open
https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/bo-jackson-jersey as long as the country allows it. As Dreger noted, the NHL's advice for players to quarantine was a recommendation, not a directive. However, as confirmed COVID-19 cases rise in Sweden, there are growing calls to shut down many public facilities. It remains to be seen whether Swedish players will be able to continue skating as the league .
While the rest of the world took serious steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Sweden stood firm.The Scandinavian country has broken the trend of nearly every other European and North American country by allowing schools, restaurants, barsand other busine sesto stay open despite the pandemic. The resultsare still open to debate, but, at least for now, the policy remains in place.Among the many facilities thathave stayed open are ice rinks,allowing some Swedish NHLplayersto continue to skate despite the rest of the league being https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/frank-white-jersey cooped up at home.TSN's Darren Dreger that Vancouver's Elias Petter son is one of several Swedes that has been skating amid the pandemic. He said it hasn't gone down well with a few other NHL players."I can tell you, there are some NHL players in North America who do not like the idea given the competitive edge you might see," he said.Anaheim Ducksdefenseman Michael Del Zotto agreed, saying the players that are skating will have https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/brian-flynn-jersey a big advantage when the NHL does resume activities."I know things are normal in Sweden ," he said on last week. "It's very different there andthey're going to have an advantage. I didn't know about the skating side, so now they're going to have an even bigger advantage. If you take the skating away from it, even just training there are a lot of guys that are in a tough spot, guys that are in small condos." https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/adalberto-mondesi-jersey So these players in Swedenhave a huge advantage."MORE: Apart from simply helping players keep the rust off, Del Zotto added that being able to have time on the icewill play a big part in preventing injuries when hockey does return."If this goes on two months, three months andwe get into August and we plan on coming back; to be off the ice for three or four months, even in a normal circumstance, that doesn't happen," he said. "When you have a normal offseason you take off a month or whatever and you slowly get back into it, so these guys are going to have a huge advantage not just as far as being ready to play but healthwise as well."Last week, Petterson's teammateJacob Markstrom spoke to reporters on a video callfrom his hometown of Gavle, Sweden, and noted that thecountry is running fairly normally.He's staying home as much as he can, though, and he actually left his equipment back in Vancouver.Markstrom traveled back home https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/billy-hamilton-jersey to Sweden about three weeks prior to thecall after rehabbing aknee injury; players who were injured have been allowed to continue their rehabilitation at their team's facilities .He also told reporters that he's working with a trainer but is trying to be careful, ashe doesn't want toget sick or pa s it on to anyone.As the number of confirmed cases continues to grow in Sweden, player health does startto become an i sue. Dreger said the league will continue to monitor the situation overseas."What happens when these players are welcomed back to North America? No doubt about it, these players will be quarantined, and there are some guys who believe that the players will also face mandatory NHL testing," he said.Of course, the players are well within their rights to take advantage of rinks bring open https://www.royalsgearonestop.com/kansas-city-royals-jersey/bo-jackson-jersey as long as the country allows it. As Dreger noted, the NHL's advice for players to quarantine was a recommendation, not a directive. However, as confirmed COVID-19 cases rise in Sweden, there are growing calls to shut down many public facilities. It remains to be seen whether Swedish players will be able to continue skating as the league .
