Bugg Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 2020 is toast. I don’t want weird MLB divisions, schedules and locations. I don’t want the NHL and NBA starting back up a season while thousands are dying daily, I’m stuck at home while being told to wear a mask out in public. NFL....probably needs to go fanless which would suck. I’m ready to shelf it all for a year personally. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Again though, once that TV is gone, it is not coming back. That kind of money is not something anyone walks away from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew a Penalty Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 The NHL seems to be pivoting from its plan to reopen the season in four centralized locations and is now investigating the possibility of playing games in its teams’ home cities, multiple sources have told The Post. The league is dealing with a myriad of hypotheticals, but it is believed that the players have pushed back on the prospect of spending months in a hotel apart from their families. Hence, the league is studying this alternative that is believed to have surfaced in the aftermath of Wednesday’s virtual meeting of the NHL/NHLPA Return to Play Committee that includes five players. The players have raised numerous questions about the protocols under which they in essence would be segregated from society, but have not as a group rejected the possibility. Thus, the centralized-location plan has not been eliminated as an option. Link: https://nypost.com/2020/05/01/nhl-pivoting-coronavirus-return-plans-after-players-likely-balked/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Link: https://nypost.com/2020/05/01/nhl-pivoting-coronavirus-return-plans-after-players-likely-balked/?utm_source=twitter_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttonsYa don't say...? I was pretty much kidding. That said, players might have something to say about being away from their families for 4 months during a pandemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long live the King Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 It's really the only option. It is far easier to limit contacts and the total number of people involved if they do it at centralized locations. If you don't want to be away from your family, bring them to the hotel with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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josh Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 lol, they’re already segregated from society - they’re supposed to be under quarantine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 NHL?s new return plan: Go straight to 24-team Stanley Cup playoff The dynamic changes by the day, if not by the hour, but sources on both sides of the aisle have told The Post that the NHL?s reopening plan has shifted from completing the 2019-20 regular season to instead staging a 24-team tournament that would include a best-of-three play-in round. Global pandemic-related issues such as testing ? procuring enough kits, swabs, and attendant equipment and labs to enable regular testing with rapid results ? remain outstanding as the NHL and NHLPA continue to meet regularly with their own constituencies and jointly with a shared objective of crowning a 2020 Stanley Cup champion. The format of a 24-team tournament has not yet been established. But if the league goes with the top 12 teams in each conference, that would include every club at NHL .500 or better when play stopped on March 11. That structure would include the Rangers and Chicago. If the league were for some reason to go with the six top teams in each division ? the NHL hasn?t had a division-based playoff system since 1992-93 ? that would mean that the Sabres (.493) would replace the Rangers (.564) and the Ducks (.472) would replace the Blackhawks (.514). A decision to go directly to a tournament would allow the league to establish a draft lottery under which the seven teams on the other side of the cut line would be eligible for the first-overall pick. Those clubs would be the Red Wings, Senators, Sharks, Kings, Ducks, Sabres and Devils. The order of selection determined by the lottery drawing would apply whether the draft is held in June or following completion of the tournament. https://nypost.com/2020/05/07/nhl-restart-would-go-directly-into-24-team-stanley-cup-tournament/ Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 "Yes, hello, and welcome, we're live from Boise, Idaho to watch grown men play sportsball, all while the State throws you in jail for trying to feed your family, yes this certainly feels right, brought to you by the same people who've brought you organic, not-forced-at-all ideas such as Team North America Young Guns, so sit back, enjoy your government cheese and try to forget you've had every liberty stripped from you and there's 50 million unemployed on the continent!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I sure hope the poor hockey players and the owners are able to make ends meet. This is all such a joke. End the fucking season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Dumb and desperate. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-Dreamer Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Our soccer league tries to re-start next week. So far they had several reported cases in their first rounds of testing and one Team was send into Quarantine for 2 weeks. So yeah, not going too well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I still do not see it working and I think from an integrity point, it makes no sense to resume when the clear focus should be on getting next year right and as “normal” as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+smails+well+we%27re+wai tinghttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=judge+smails+well+we%27re+wai ting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 One of the greatest scenes in Hollywood history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Link: Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scott Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4EverRangerFrank Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 NYR v. CAR seems likely to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Im in. Return of NHL will be a step towards normalcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Mobile, so no link, but McKenzie and Pagnotta both saying the PA will approve it Hockey's back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karan Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 At this point I don't even care what fucked up or convoluted format they come up with or whether it's fair or not...I'd be happy with any form of God damn Rangers hockey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Mobile, so no link, but McKenzie and Pagnotta both saying the PA will approve it Hockey's back soon. Dumb. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Dumb. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk The NHL has done way, way dumber things than this tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 The NHL has done way, way dumber things than this tournament. Still dumb IMO. Sure, plenty of fans will be happy. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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