Calgary Flames COVID-19 shutdown: what’s happening now?

The Calgary Flames were supposed to play three hockey games this week. Unfortunately, due to a slew of COVID-19 cases on the club, they’re shut down until at least Friday. Here’s a rundown of what happens, what might happen, and where things go from here – based on what we think we know as of Tuesday morning.

So what happened?

Six Flames players entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Monday: forwards Andrew Mangiapane, Elias Lindholm, Adam Ruzicka and Brad Richardson, and defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Chris Tanev, and the NHL postponed three Flames games (Dec. 13 at Chicago, Dec. 14 at Nashville and Dec. 16 vs. Toronto).

Postmedia’s Wes Gilbertson had a really succinct summary:

Initial results…