- I don't think it's fair to anyone if you play without fans. Fans, in many ways, pay your salary, and not being able to come and see the matches is not fair, in my opinion, he tells Canadian Sportsnet.
He does not believe that the season is blown off completely.
- It would surprise me. Somehow we have to have playoffs, he tells Sportsnet and continues:
- We have played more than 70 games this year. They should at least let us play the playoffs, he says.
He himself tries to think about his personal hygiene and says he never washed his hands as much as the past week.
- It's scary, but all we've heard is that it's like the flu. You are not directly worried about your own, but you are worried about the elderly and the sick, he says.
St Louis forward Oskar Sundqvist describes the NHL's break as "sour" to Sportbladet.
- But there is not much to do, we can just wait and see how it is. And I support the decision. It's about other people's health. Although I think we hockey players do quite well, I am a little worried for the kids. Given that there are so many children at all matches, the risk is not worth it, he says.