DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche megastar Nathan McKinnon will miss the season opener towards the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday evening after checking out high quality for a leap forward an infection of COVID-19.
Colorado prevalent supervisor Joe Sakic referred to Tuesday that MacKinnon's high quality verify surfaced Monday and that the core is "asymptomatic and feeling first rate."
MacKinnon did not observe Tuesday. The earliest he could return is Saturday when the Avalanche host the St. Louis Blues.
it really is when Avalanche teach Jared Bednar is expected to come to the bench after being placed on the NHL's COVID-19 protocol ultimate week.
Sakic spoke of the group is a hundred% vaccinated in opposition t the coronavirus.
"I think everyone is tired of dealing with it, nonetheless it's right here and it be the area we are living in," Sakic observed. "you have simply got to contend with that."
"the fellows are accountable and careful in every little thing they do," Sakic observed. "but (COVID-19) is obtainable. each person in each game goes to ought to cope with it. It's now not going away every time soon. It would not look like, in any case."
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