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PollakOnSharks10:39am via web One scenario RT @garylawless if deal gets done by weekend, big if, training camps could open wednesday and 56-game season would begin 12/20.
Definitely a big if.
56 games = 16 vs division (4xeach) + 40 vs conference (4xeach)?
Having the same # of games against divisional and conference opponents would make the divisions useless.
There needs to be 6 games against the divisional teams, 3 for the rest of the conference and the remaining extra games can be done randomly or based on rivalries in the conference.
I don't want to the season to start. I'd say start next year. Too much time has been lost and I would hate to see a team like the Islanders make the playoofs or even Edmonton when in a full season they wouldn't. Heck how would you feel if a team like Columbus won the CUP?
I don't want to the season to start. I'd say start next year. Too much time has been lost and I would hate to see a team like the Islanders make the playoofs or even Edmonton when in a full season they wouldn't. Heck how would you feel if a team like Columbus won the CUP?
A shortened Season would more likely be to the advantage of a talented team, but a team that wouldn't run out of gas as they might in an 82-game Season.
Hell, if Columbus won the Cup, that would be Great!
I don't want to the season to start. I'd say start next year. Too much time has been lost and I would hate to see a team like the Islanders make the playoofs or even Edmonton when in a full season they wouldn't. Heck how would you feel if a team like Columbus won the CUP?
...really?
I personally couldn't care less if the season started too, but not for any of the reasons you listed. Your post is akin to "Heck, how would you feel if a #8 seed won the Stanley Cup?!?!?!?!"
So, to ask, how do you feel now that the Kings won the Stanley cup?
I don't want to the season to start. I'd say start next year. Too much time has been lost and I would hate to see a team like the Islanders make the playoofs or even Edmonton when in a full season they wouldn't. Heck how would you feel if a team like Columbus won the CUP?
Seriously? Are you even a fan of hockey? I don't give a damn if there is a Bluejackets-Panthers finals. I just want to see some hockey
Having the same # of games against divisional and conference opponents would make the divisions useless.
There needs to be 6 games against the divisional teams, 3 for the rest of the conference and the remaining extra games can be done randomly or based on rivalries in the conference.
Divisions have an adverse effect on 5 of the 8 playoffs spots in each conference. I would rather see fairness for those spots than 3 spots (heck hopefully they would just ignore divisions this year).
Seriously? Are you even a fan of hockey? I don't give a damn if there is a Bluejackets-Panthers finals. I just want to see some hockey
I am a hockey fan. But a short season is no good for the NHL. All you need is one lucky month and then play 500 hockey and you've made the playoffs.
Basically what I'm saying is that it all comes down to luck. You know at the beginning of the season you normally see some of the lower tier teams in first or 2nd place. In a shortend season they would make the playoffs than in a full schedule. It doesn't balance out in the end.
I don't think a shorter season is fair to the fans or any team.
I am a hockey fan. But a short season is no good for the NHL. All you need is one lucky month and then play 500 hockey and you've made the playoffs.
Basically what I'm saying is that it all comes down to luck. You know at the beginning of the season you normally see some of the lower tier teams in first or 2nd place. In a shortend season they would make the playoffs than in a full schedule. It doesn't balance out in the end.
I don't think a shorter season is fair to the fans or any team.
If a "lesser" team as you put it were to play better over a 56 game stretch than a perennial powerhouse, that "lesser" team has every right to be in the playoffs.
Last edited by Hank Chinaski: 12-05-2012 at 01:30 PM.
Reason: flaming
I am a hockey fan. But a short season is no good for the NHL. All you need is one lucky month and then play 500 hockey and you've made the playoffs.
Basically what I'm saying is that it all comes down to luck. You know at the beginning of the season you normally see some of the lower tier teams in first or 2nd place. In a shortend season they would make the playoffs than in a full schedule. It doesn't balance out in the end.
I don't think a shorter season is fair to the fans or any team.
And why in your estimation is an 82 game season "fair". If you played a 100 game season you'd have different playoff teams than an 82 game one. A 200 game season different teams still.
I am a hockey fan. But a short season is no good for the NHL. All you need is one lucky month and then play 500 hockey and you've made the playoffs.
Basically what I'm saying is that it all comes down to luck. You know at the beginning of the season you normally see some of the lower tier teams in first or 2nd place. In a shortend season they would make the playoffs than in a full schedule. It doesn't balance out in the end.
I don't think a shorter season is fair to the fans or any team.
Isn't that the same with any schedule though? You could have a team start like 11-1 or something ridiculous and play .500 hockey the rest of the way. That team is going to make the playoffs.
You people don't get the point. You're too biased with wanting hockey back.
Anything less than an 82 schedule which has been normal for several seasons now would make an unfair competitive advantage to those lower tier'd teams.
When you play a full schedule you get injuries, fatigue. etc. You get to see the skill and depth of the team trying to push their way into the playoffs. With a short season you don't really get that. A team can have a lucky month and coast into the playoffs.
Coasting into the playoffs is somehting I do not like at all. This past season was very exciting when you have the last 10 games decides over many teams who would make it into the playoffs.
How would you feel if the following teams made the playoffs in a short season:
1. Florida
2. Winnipeg
3. Buffalo
4. Ny Islanders
5. Toronto
6. Carolina
7. Pittsburgh
8. New Jersey
1. Phoenix
2. Edmonton
3. Calgary
4. Columbus
5. Colorado
6. Nashville
7. St Louis
8. Detroit
I don't want to the season to start. I'd say start next year. Too much time has been lost and I would hate to see a team like the Islanders make the playoofs or even Edmonton when in a full season they wouldn't. Heck how would you feel if a team like Columbus won the CUP?
Yeah, look at all the godawful teams that made the playoffs in 1994-95.
The only teams that made the playoffs in 1995 that didn't the year prior were Quebec (thank you Peter Forsberg) and Philadelphia (thank you John LeClair and Ron Hextall).
I don't want to the season to start. I'd say start next year. Too much time has been lost and I would hate to see a team like the Islanders make the playoofs or even Edmonton when in a full season they wouldn't. Heck how would you feel if a team like Columbus won the CUP?
As a Blue Jacket fan, I'd be elated. Hell, we'd be dancing in the streets if we could make the playoffs. Every team will play the same amount of games and have the same obstacles starting the season late, so why does it matter who makes it?
You people don't get the point. You're too biased with wanting hockey back.
Anything less than an 82 schedule which has been normal for several seasons now would make an unfair competitive advantage to those lower tier'd teams.
When you play a full schedule you get injuries, fatigue. etc. You get to see the skill and depth of the team trying to push their way into the playoffs. With a short season you don't really get that. A team can have a lucky month and coast into the playoffs.
Coasting into the playoffs is somehting I do not like at all. This past season was very exciting when you have the last 10 games decides over many teams who would make it into the playoffs.
How would you feel if the following teams made the playoffs in a short season:
1. Florida
2. Winnipeg
3. Buffalo
4. Ny Islanders
5. Toronto
6. Carolina
7. Pittsburgh
8. New Jersey
1. Phoenix
2. Edmonton
3. Calgary
4. Columbus
5. Colorado
6. Nashville
7. St Louis
8. Detroit
you mean all the very strong traditional markets miss the playoffs and all the weaker ones make it? That sounds like something that would help the game,not hurt it.
You people don't get the point. You're too biased with wanting hockey back.
Anything less than an 82 schedule which has been normal for several seasons now would make an unfair competitive advantage to those lower tier'd teams.
When you play a full schedule you get injuries, fatigue. etc. You get to see the skill and depth of the team trying to push their way into the playoffs. With a short season you don't really get that. A team can have a lucky month and coast into the playoffs.
Coasting into the playoffs is somehting I do not like at all. This past season was very exciting when you have the last 10 games decides over many teams who would make it into the playoffs.
How would you feel if the following teams made the playoffs in a short season:
1. Florida
2. Winnipeg
3. Buffalo
4. Ny Islanders
5. Toronto
6. Carolina
7. Pittsburgh
8. New Jersey
1. Phoenix
2. Edmonton
3. Calgary
4. Columbus
5. Colorado
6. Nashville
7. St Louis
8. Detroit
I seriously don't get what point you are going for?
Good teams may be bad? Who cares?
Bad teams may make the playoffs? Who cares?
A low seed may win the Stanley Cup? Did the world collapse when the Kings won last year?
Unless the games themselves are going to be played differently, the better teams will still win, the worse teams will still lose.
you mean all the very strong traditional markets miss the playoffs and all the weaker ones make it? That sounds like something that would help the game,not hurt it.
I think it would hurt the game a lot actually. They lose all of the TV ratings of the bigger markets.
here in Ottawa with the 67s struggling, so let's get hockey back ASAP! 
