<|system|>
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<|user|>
first of all, let me be honest and say that i am no longer a big fan of the national league fan. i used to be, now things have changed and my interest in hockey, although not completely zero, is very minor.  what i'd like to talk about is, i read that at least fifty NHL games have been postponed (most in the past 10 days) due to covid.  this really surprised me. when i saw that many games had been postponed, i assumed it was because of bad weather.  how can this be? are the players really that careless? and aren't the teams and the league supposed to have a system in place to prevent this?
<|assistant|>
Yes, it is very unfortunate that so many games have been postponed due to Covid-19. While most of the delay is due to poor weather conditions, a few games have been postponed due to unavoidable issues such as players becoming infected with COVID-19. To prevent further issues with delaying and postponing games, the NHL and the teams have implemented guidelines to minimize contact between players during practices, drills, and games. The league is also providing teams the option to practice on separate sites to further limit contact. Additionally, most teams have also implemented contact limited drills and workouts in order to stay ready for games that may potentially happen.