ThirtyONE Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Idk pull up the thread. There were a select few that didn’t like it. Everyone else was nutting I'd like to see that as well. Hard to remember back that far but I don't recall many people "nutting" about the wild card or Florida teams in the same division as MTL. I honestly don't understand the point of divisions. Maybe East vs West, but as others mentioned, you can't give away those tickets vs Carolina. Best teams should make the playoffs, period. The shitty teams get the reward for the higher draft pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costa Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 everyone loved the new division format when it was introduced. My guess is when Seattle joins the league, they might go to an NFL style format, 2 conferences & 4 divisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Drunkenski Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 My interest in hockey is pretty much non-existent at this point. Pulling the plug and working towards next year makes the most sense to me. Impacting next years schedule to shoe horn some make shift end to this season isn't a good choice imo. As for this years possible 1st rd 7th pick - can we please avoid the next Lias at all cost? Same here. Been through a few of lockouts, lost a season, rather start fresh next year....with fans in the building 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Same here. Been through a few of lockouts, lost a season, rather start fresh next year....with fans in the building :+1: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYR2711 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 The other thing is what happens on July 1st when contracts are up? Are guys that have their contracts up going to want to risk getting hurt right before a new season starts or without a contract going into next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Same here. Been through a few of lockouts, lost a season, rather start fresh next year....with fans in the building I think one of the big things the NHL is very worried about is the fact that there is a real possibility that regardless of them playing this year, next year already has the potential to be impacted and there is no guarantee that next season has fans in the building to start it off. For any pro league, that combined with no recouped revenue right now would be crippling for its future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I'm 100% in favor of the option that leaves the Rangers out of the playoffs and in the lottery drawing, thus, leaving a chip on the player's shoulders for next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1974885 Rangers in, in newest proposal.... And we get the.....Hurricanes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1974885 Rangers in, in newest proposal.... And we get the.....Hurricanes! Winner of Rangers/Canes plays Washington too. If this ends up being the proposal, I kind of like the matchups we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 That's a helluva start for sure. History is on our side. I'll be happy to see them play even though the best case would be the draft pick for us. Hell, a championship would be nice even with the asterisk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sod16 Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 A break that may be longer than most between season breaks, followed by a short training camp, and then on to the playoffs. Now that's a recipe for integrity. I will say, however, when it comes to the last two rounds, having teams that are by then in good form but not as beaten up as teams usually are at that point would be interesting. I wish they would just call it off given that this method of awarding the cup is a farce and it's already at the point where doing it is going to compromise a second season as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 That's a helluva start for sure. History is on our side. I'll be happy to see them play even though the best case would be the draft pick for us. Hell, a championship would be nice even with the asterisk. If we win, there's no asterisk. If we lose, there is. That's how being a fan works :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindG1000 Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 A break that may be longer than most between season breaks, followed by a short training camp, and then on to the playoffs. Now that's a recipe for integrity. I will say, however, when it comes to the last two rounds, having teams that are by then in good form but not as beaten up as teams usually are at that point would be interesting. I wish they would just call it off given that this method of awarding the cup is a farce and it's already at the point where doing it is going to compromise a second season as well. This isn't so much directed at you, but as hockey fans, we pretend that there are these weird sacred cows around competition, and I don't understand why people go after things like "we're going to tweak some things to have a pretty awesome playoffs" as a joke, or as a farce, or as a whatever. For the first 20+ years of its existence, the Stanley Cup was a challenge cup. It was literally "hey, we'll play you for the Cup" with all sorts of funky rules. Best of three, two games - most goals wins, one-and-done, teams of different leagues challenging each other....and so on. In the first part of the original six era (plus the Americans), the top six teams made the playoffs and the winner of 1v2 (yep) faced the winner of the 3-4-5-6 bracket for the Cup. In the expansion era, it was common for anywhere between 52% and 80% of the teams in the league to make the playoffs. Heck, the Cup didn't even technically belong to the NHL until 1947. It's the very essence of the history of the NHL playoffs to embrace the weirdness and go with it. Long story short - I don't care if they do a 24 team playoff that runs into late September, blitz a 1 month offseason, and start the preseason around Election Day. All good. I'll just be happy to see the games played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuc Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Agree. If Rangers somehow wins the cup this year Im celebrating like it was any other year. Would even have to win more than 16 playoff games, so it will be even better. And if they bust in the 1st round I would think they get a top 10 pick (or atleast close), and that would be sweet too. So its either a ?playoff run? or a top 10 pick. Win-win. Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 This will be the hardest Cup to win in modern history. Pandemic Layoff due to sheltering 24 Team No home ice advantage Condensed schedule Also Pandemic Fuck an asterisk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 This will be the hardest Cup to win in modern history. Pandemic Layoff due to sheltering 24 Team No home ice advantage Condensed schedule Also Pandemic Fuck an asterisk. No fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 No fansYes, I filed that under home ice advantage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It would suck to be a player on a team that would be swept in the first round. After a couple of months of quarantine come back to only play 4 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It doesn't get an asterisk because it's not difficult, it gets one because it's an utterly meaningless title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 What’s meaningless? The cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Under these circumstances, yes. The right thing to do was to call the season. This is some ham fisted attempt at reclaiming some TV revenue, that's about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 And to have closure on a season so normal things like the draft, awarding of a championship, etc can occur. So the league took a break. Under the circumstances i dont view it as such a big deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I just wanna see something that isn't "REWIND". I'd even root for Tonsil Hockey at this point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 24 teams? Why not just let the other handful in as well. [emoji12] Next season will already be screwed up regardless. All dumb and untimely IMO. Just reset and start up at the end of 2020 (if feasible) Sent from my iPhone using Blueshirts Brotherhood mobile app powered by Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albatrosss Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 interesting that some hockey fans don't want to see hockey and some, like me, doesn't care as long as I can watch hockey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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