NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks at a news conference in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2019. Credit: AP / Ben Margot
The NHL believes it can withstand a player testing positive for COVID-19, or even a handful of isolated cases, if it is able to resume games.
But there is a limit.
“If there’s one positive test – again, this will be under the strict guidance of the medical people – that person will be isolated,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in an interview with ESPN’s Mike Greenberg aired on Monday night. “And we’ll be monitoring anybody, through contact tracing, that was in close proximity.