More NHL Players Opting Out

Due to concerns and risks of Covid-19 to my family, I made the difficult decision to opt out of the 2020 playoffs. I wish all of my teammates success.

— Sven Baertschi (@SvenBaertschi) July 11, 2020

Mike Green has informed #Oilers President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Ken Holland that he will be opting out of the @NHL's 2020 Return To Play Program. https://t.co/dV241FVuyz

— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) July 11, 2020

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— Steven Kampfer (@SteveKampfer47) July 11, 2020

The Montreal Canadiens have announced that defenseman Karl Alzner has informed the organization that he has made the decision to opt out of Phase 3 and 4 of the NHL's Return to Play Plan.

— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) July 12, 2020

Four more NHL players have announced that they will be opting out of this playoff return. Yesterday, Travis Hamonic was the first player to really step up and say that he’s sitting this one out. Flash forward to today, Sven Baertschi of the Canucks, Mike Green of the Oilers, Steven Kampfer of the Bruins, and Karl Alzner of the Canadiens have said that they will also be staying home.

Technically, Roman Polak of the Stars already said screw this, I’m not coming back but he hasn’t given the official statement of being out yet. I talked in depth about that here if you want to know more.

One again, no judgment here. They have every right to sit out if they’re not comfortable and I wish them all the best. Players have until Monday to inform the league that they’re opting out so I expect us to have even more by then.

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