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Calgary Flames COVID-19 shutdown: what’s happening now?

The Calgary Flames were supposed to play three hockey games this week. Unfortunately, due to a slew of COVID-19 cases on the club, they’re shut down until at least Friday. Here’s a rundown of what happens, what might happen, and where things go from here – based on what we think we know as of Tuesday morning.

So what happened?

Six Flames players entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol on Monday: forwards Andrew Mangiapane, Elias Lindholm, Adam Ruzicka and Brad Richardson, and defensemen Nikita Zadorov and Chris Tanev, and the NHL postponed three Flames games (Dec.