Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto vying to be NHL hubs, but there's a catch. MORE:
The Edmonton Oilers senior vice-president of communications and government relations is pondering a question about how long the team has been working on its bid to serve as an NHL hub city, should the league return to action sometime this summer.
The goal is to name two cities, but deputy commissioner Bill Daly said the Canadian government's mandatory 14-quarantine for anyone entering the country would make markets north of the 49th parallel a non-starter. "We've really laid the groundwork on all fronts, with the government in particular, on what's most important, health and safety," Shipton said in a phone interview."We've developed a comprehensive framework with the government on how we would run this thing in a safe way."
But while British Columbia Premier John Horgan has been vocal about Vancouver as a hub, Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province's health officer, said the government won't be making any concessions in a jurisdiction that has done well to minimize infections.
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