Bruins player tested positive
Fluto Shinzawa: A Boston Bruins player tested positive for COVID-19. He is asymptomatic and will be tested again next week.
Conor Ryan: The Bruins player who tested positive has not been to their practice arena according to GM Don Sweeney.
TSN: The Bruins player has had two tests since the positive test and both have come back negative.
Blackhawks injury updates
Scott Powers and Mark Lazerus of The Athletic: Chicago Blackhawks forward Drake Caggiula has recovered from his hand injury and will be ready to play.
Defenseman Adam Boqvist had been in concussion protocol when the pause occurred. He’ll be ready to go as well.
Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman didn’t have an update on Andrew Shaw and his concussion but hasn’t been ruled out. Bowman also didn’t have an update on Brent Seabrook and Zack Smith.
“Obviously Andrew Shaw, his injury is a little tough to pinpoint with a concussion as far as healing time on that,” Bowman said. “I don’t have much of an update on him.
“Zack Smith and Brent Seabrook, I don’t have a definite update on them yet other than they’re still progressing through their recovery and we should know more in the coming weeks on both of them”
CBA extension could be for four or five years
Chris Johnston of Sportsnet: CBA negotiations have started. The current CBA is scheduled to expire in September 2022 the NHL and NHLPA are looking at a four- or five-year extension. All the details don’t have to be in place by the time they restart the season.
TSN: The NHL and NHLPA are in preliminary discussions about the CBA and they could be looking at a four- or five-year extension. The NHLPA may be thinking four years, with the NHL thinking five.
“That brings you right through to the 2025-26 season, because of course, they would tack on those four years to the remaining two years that are left on the current CBA. But whatever new rules are implemented in this new CBA extension, those would go into effect right away, of course, because the you need to know what’s going on with a salary cap and escrow and perhaps player contracts. All that would become reality right away. That’s if the two sides can find a CBA resolution here over the coming weeks and months.”