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Tennessee Titans for NHL Face Masks
Bettman outlined why he thinks the burden falls on both the league and the players.
Until now, many sports held during the pandemic were outside where there’s fresh air circulating and space to spread out from others.
Dr. Joe McLaughlin, Alaska’s state epidemiologist, discussed a new update to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance about how COVID-19 can spread. The recent update states there’s good evidence that COVID-19 can spread person-to-person through airborne transmission of very small virus particles that can remain suspended in the air, not just through respiratory droplets that you might breathe, yell, sing, cough, or sneeze out. Airborne transmission appears to be a much less common way for the virus to spread than close-range (less than 6 feet) respiratory droplet transmission. Documented airborne transmissions have typically involved the presence of an infectious person being in an enclosed and poorly ventilated space for an extended period of time (more than 30 minutes). Enough virus was present in the space to cause infections in people who were more than 6 feet away or who passed through that space soon after the infectious person had left.
Well, 1976 sure was a good year for progressive mask design, eh? Another goaltender who used his team branding in an innovative way was Wayne Stephenson in Philadelphia. Having served as a backup to Bernie Parent, Stephenson’s mask didn’t get the same level of recognition as that of Ken Dryden, but the creative use of the Flyers’ logo is certainly worth noting.
5 things to look for in a cloth face mask
Fit snugly but comfortably against your face.
Be secured with ties or ear loops.
Include multiple layers of fabric.
Allow for breathing without restriction.
Be able to be laundered and machine dried
Masks can be uncomfortable, especially in the hot weather, and getting our teens to wear them might be tricky. So with summer upon us we asked our Grown and Flown parents which masks they found most comfortable and breathable.
Of the four worst-hit provinces in Canada, all have NHL teams - Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. British Columbia, home of the Vancouver Canucks, has strict no-inbound-travel mandates to limit the transmission of the virus within its provincial borders, and the Canadian government has made it clear that non-essential travel should be avoided. The NHL, however, believes that the seven NHL teams should be exempt from these rules in order for them to play a modified 56-game schedule for the 2020-21 season in front of arenas featuring zero fans as per local rules on gatherings.
If we're talking about which one is putting the health and safety of its constituents first in a nationwide health crisis, the Canadian government and the provincial governments who stand their grounds are the adults in the room. The NHL, on the other hand, comes off looking like a money-grubbing bunch of greedy billionaires who need to continue to find ways to maximize contractual profits in an era of a highly-transmittable virus. They'll give their usual "health and safety" rhetoric to appease the masses, but this is nothing more than a decision powered by money.
The New Jersey Devils are counting on offseason additions, players in the pipeline and a new coach to turn their fortunes around.
Miami Dolphins for NHL Face Masks 
