FGM13 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If the season ended today, we'd have a Canadiens-Bruins 1st round series. Honestly, I'm getting a bit tired of those. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If the season ended today, we'd have a Canadiens-Bruins 1st round series. Honestly, I'm getting a bit tired of those.That would be fine with me. Well, as long as the result is different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Nah, I love Habs-Bs. Always great.I wish the Penguins could get their act together down the stretch only for the possibility of Pens-Caps, Isles-Rangers, Habs-Bs, Bolts-Wings in the first round. Crosby/Ovechkin, Battle of NY, Best Rivalry in Pro Sports, Yzerman Bowl. Those would all be pretty juicy.But the Rangers are 3 up on the Pens with a game in hand and 1 behind the Isles with FOUR games in hand (that's criminal), 1 behind Tampa with 3 in hand, 2 behind Montréal with 2 in hand, so none of that will come to fruition.Still a lot of fluidity. | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The playoffs are stupid because it discourages divisional playoff games when it matters, like the ECF/WCFI wish it would just go back and tell detroit to suck it up, or at least have the top 8 make the playoffs Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I like the new playoff format. If you want to advance to the conference finals you have to win your division's tournament*. I like the rivalry matchups it creates right off the bat. You don't have to hope that two teams can both win a playoff round or two, in some cases, before you get the matchup you want to see. *unless one of those wildcard crossovers happens and then you have to win some other division's tournament, but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2001mark Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Tuned in for final Rangers @ Islanders in Uniondale... way too many Rangers fans in the building, no wonder they're leaving for Brooklyn. @2001mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 And there will probably be even more Rangers fans when they play in Brooklyn since it will be easier for Ranger fans from the city to get there than Islander fans from Nassau and Suffolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I wish the Islanders could have moved to Suffolk. There's just so little land to develop on the island. They hit Maximum Suburbia in like 1988. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 The Smithtown area's still developing, but it's gotten to the point where Smithtown and the surrounding areas are overcrowded and have basically gone from rural-ish like Stony Brook to sprawl and skipping the suburbia part that Nassau has in a matter of 15 years.Also, I found out today Canadiens-Islanders got flex scheduled to an NBCSN game Saturday night. Neat! As much flack as NBC deserves for their overloading on certain teams with the original schedule (looking at you, Sabres), they at least do a really nice job of adding games in March and April onto it. Twitter: @RyanMcD29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 If I'm not mistaken, both the Canadiens and Islanders were to have zero national games in the U.S., correct? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 You are correct about the Islanders. Not sure about Montreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I think Montreal had a game or two against the Bruins and a game against the Rangers on NBCSN in the original schedule. Don't quote me on that, though Twitter: @RyanMcD29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I think Montreal had a game or two against the Bruins and a game against the Rangers on NBCSN in the original schedule. Don't quote me on that, thoughQuoting you because you are correct.http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7268231/29 Mon @ NYR and 2/8 Mon @ Bos were on the original NBCSN schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Get here soon, Oliver Bjorkstrand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I like the new playoff format. If you want to advance to the conference finals you have to win your division's tournament*. I like the rivalry matchups it creates right off the bat. You don't have to hope that two teams can both win a playoff round or two, in some cases, before you get the matchup you want to see. *unless one of those wildcard crossovers happens and then you have to win some other division's tournament, but whatever. I really don't like the seemingly arbitrary top-3 in the division format. With roughly half the teams making it, I don't like the idea of a 3rd place team getting in in front of a wild-card contender with more points (A possibility in the West).If they are going to do that, they may as well just go back to the Smythe and Norris format and use the top four in each division and do true divisional playoffs. Otherwise, just do what the NBA does. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj882000 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Tavares is currently on pace for 85 points. If that holds up, he'll be the lowest-scoring Art Ross winner since 1961-62, when it took Bobby Hull (and Andy Bathgate) 70 games to reach 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I like the new playoff format. If you want to advance to the conference finals you have to win your division's tournament*. I like the rivalry matchups it creates right off the bat. You don't have to hope that two teams can both win a playoff round or two, in some cases, before you get the matchup you want to see. *unless one of those wildcard crossovers happens and then you have to win some other division's tournament, but whatever. I really don't like the seemingly arbitrary top-3 in the division format. With roughly half the teams making it, I don't like the idea of a 3rd place team getting in in front of a wild-card contender with more points (A possibility in the West).If they are going to do that, they may as well just go back to the Smythe and Norris format and use the top four in each division and do true divisional playoffs. Otherwise, just do what the NBA does.The whole "divisional playoff" thing is slightly overblown. There are only two divisions now... you basically have a 50% chance of getting a "divisional" matchup. I would just keep it simple and do 1-8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 There's no point in "emphasizing divisional rivalries" when Chicago's are Dallas and Nashville, Detroit's are Ottawa and Tampa Bay, Philadelphia's are Columbus and Carolina, and Anaheim is anyone's. The Norris Division is dead because you killed it, NHL; don't exhume the corpse after the head fell off. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 The Tampa one is legitimate and Ottawa to an extent (and Columbus/Carolina because someone edits posts, although I can live with CBJ/PHI sharing a division more than Carolina sharing with either of them), but I really don't see the gripe with the other two.Anyway, if the playoffs started today and we're seeded 1-8, there'd be two divisional matchups in each conference. (Or depending on how games in hand play, one in each conference) So yeah, 50% (or 25%).I think the actual divisional bracket is fine. The only thing I've found difficult for casual fans or people I'm trying to explain it to to understand is the wild card crossover thing. Most of us understand because we look at it everyday and accept that this is the system at the moment, but I know others find it either dumb or hard to grasp. | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 There's no point in "emphasizing divisional rivalries" when Chicago's are Dallas and Nashville, Detroit's are Ottawa and Tampa Bay, Philadelphia's are Columbus and Carolina, and Anaheim is anyone's. The Norris Division is dead because you killed it, NHL; don't exhume the corpse after the head fell off.Everything was so much better when the NHL was a 21-team league that admitted 16 to the playoffs. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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