Carter Hart on NHL's COVID protocol: 'It has got to change'

Add Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart to the growing list of NHLers expressing their frustration with the league's COVID protocol. The Flyers took on the Ducks in Anaheim Tuesday night while missing captain Claude Giroux and defenceman Ivan Provorov. Hart says something's got to give.

"It's tough, for sure," said Hart. "Guys are testing positive with no symptoms or mild symptoms. I mean, the league's got to find a way to change that. We're either going to keep playing shorthanded all season long or games are going to keep getting postponed. I think it's a joke. It's got to change."

Hart previously tested positive for COVID-19 but says he had "pretty mild symptoms, if any at all."

For Provorov, it has to be especially frustrating. It was the first game he missed since entering the league at 19 years of age. His iron-man streak had reached 403 games.

"We're very, very aware and we all share concern for what's going on in the world," said Flyers interim coach Mike Yeo. "But you can understand why maybe some players would find it difficult, when you have guys that play with broken ribs, broken feet. And they feel completely fine."

MUST READ

7 hours ago  |  By Tom Banks Unforeseen Events Nearly Force Toronto Maple Leafs vs Utah Hockey Club Game to be Postponed

9 hours ago  |  By Tom Banks NHL Department of Player Safety Makes Official Ruling On Canucks Captain Quinn Hughes

10 hours ago  |  By Aaron Itovitch Canadian Team Unexpectedly Places 6-Foot-3 Enforcer on the NHL Waiver Wire

10 hours ago  |  By Aaron Itovitch Elliotte Friedman Hints at Trade of 30 Million Dollar Defenseman to Canadian Team

13 hours ago  |  By Aaron Itovitch 900-Game NHL Veteran Likely to Retire After Refusing to Sign With Canadian Team

13 hours ago  |  By Aaron Itovitch Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving Addresses Struggling Player Nick Robertson in New Interview

16 hours ago  |  By Julien Trekker Terrifying Scene for Carolina Hurricanes Goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov as He Blacks Out on the Ice

Nov 23  |  By Tom Banks Angry John Tortorella Calls Out One Flyers Player: Trade is Likely Per Elliotte Friedman

MORE STORIES