Making his feelings known<\/p>\n
After scoring what proved to be the game-winner in the shootout, Jonathan Drouin made his feelings clear post-game. He voiced his displeasure with the COVID situation around the NHL.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not really comfortable playing against people that might have COVID,\u201d Drouin said. \u201cWhen you have seven guys on the team (with COVID) you can have two or three others that get it tomorrow, I don\u2019t know\u2026 I don\u2019t feel comfortable to play with that. That\u2019s not what we were told this year with the vaccines. Of course things change over time but it\u2019s not really ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Like Drouin said, the Bruins have seven players in COVID protocol including Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron and Jeremy Swayman. Boston were forced to play with only 11 forwards in last night\u2019s loss to the Islanders due to the virus and salary cap constraints per our colleagues at Boston Hockey Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n Drouin went on to say that the Montreal Canadiens are relatively used to playing in front of no fans due to their experiences in the bubble and in the NHL\u2019s North division last year. But the Habs forward couldn\u2019t hide his disappointment that the team has been forced once again to play in an empty Bell Centre.<\/p>\n \u201cToday is obviously a little bit of a wake-up call,\u201d said Drouin to reporters in French last night. \u201cWe weren\u2019t expecting to play in front of no fans this season with the vaccines. In fact w were told the opposite. But to see that tonight, it\u2019s tough. There was no ambience, no energy. Then again the health of the public is more important than watching a hockey game.\u201d<\/p>\n The league has postponed two games set for tomorrow night between the Avalanche and Lightning and the Wild and Panthers per Daily Faceoff\u2019s Frank Seravalli. Seravalli is also reporting that the league has shut down Colorado, Florida and Calgary until Dec. 27th.<\/p>\n More to come on Montreal Hockey Now over the coming days.<\/p>\n \t\t![\"avatar\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769439852_300_07ba55ead0c73509df880c421e3023e5ac7c7d9f55b4c9b9a5aeeb184bcdf689.png\")
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