The Canadian Government will be relaxing quarantine regulations for NHL players coming into the country via trade, CBC News reported Thursday.

The move would see the quarantine period shrink from 14 days down to only seven days possibly opening up a plethora of options for Canadian teams looking to bolster their roster ahead of the April 12 deadline.

All Canadian provinces with NHL teams have approved the measures, CBC reported citing a federal government source.

Of the six trades that have happened this season, there’s only one that required a player entering Canada to quarantine for the full 14 days when the Winnipeg Jets acquired Pierre-Luc Dubois.

While the Oilers aren’t expected to be major players at the deadline due to a tight cap and lack of draft capital in the 2021 draft, it’s hard to wonder if this news a week and a half ahead of the deadline changes their game plan. There’s number of players available ahead of the deadline including Mattias Ekholm, Taylor Hall, Kyle Palmieri, Rickard Rakell, Bobby Ryan and Jake DeBrusk, amongst others, that could bee potential fits for the club.

Ken Holland hasn’t shied away from being active to try and improve the Oilers. Last year at the deadline he took swings on both Mike Green and Andreas Athanasiou, but neither ended up seeing success in their short time with the club.