NJTank Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 think thats a great idea www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 #1 way to get fans back.....free tickets to games in the short season this year and cheaper ticket prices beginning in the 05-06 season Think that will happen in Toronto? Yeah, right? I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZzyzx41 Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 OK I've spent the last two days reading a lot and thinking about what my true opinion is. Still am not close to anything definintive on a lot of things but I know one thing. If they have a good CBA, start playing games, and lower ticket prices the fans will come back. The NHL Has history. The Stanley Cup has history. The owners and players have to realize just how small their fan base is and be willing to come to a CBA that's realistic. That mixed with great marketing will lead to success. The MLS and NLL know their place. Their fan bases are tiny so they don't pay their players millions of dollars. These hockey players must be willing to play for hundred of thousands instead of for millions. The owners also must realize that paying players multi-million dollar contracts will bring the league down just as $125 tickets will. There is a reasonable middle ground. No need for rule changes. No need for realignement. Just realize what reality is, come to a good CBA and learn how to market the sport to non-hockey fans who are willing to learn. Look at NASCAR. I always thought it was for rednecks but I've been hooked today on the Daytona 500. Why? They have found ways of getting my interest. Maybe I'm just ready to accept the sport. Either way the NHL will not survive unless the players and owners get their heads out of the ice. -DanielCheck Out My Podcast! Latest Episode 273: The Color BlinkyLatest Photo Upload: January 7, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Well after todays fiasco it cant be denied any more it needs new leadership at the top, Goodenow and Bettman both must go so must Daily bring in true blue hockey people to bring the sport. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesCraven Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 My idea? If they had settled, I would have scuttled the whole regular season, and have the whole league in a playoff tourney.Based on last year's standings, the number one seeds in each conference would have gotten a bye into the second round and face the lowest seed advancing. Everone else would have been seeded from 2 to 15, and all series would be best of seven. "I better go take a long walk off a short pier or something."Some people on this bolard have told me to do just that.My "Ron Mexico" alias is "Jon Tobago". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapshot Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 That punishes the teams who didn't make the playoffs last season. And are you going to go through all the building prep and promotional et cetera for the possibility of only 2 home games? At least a 28 game season gives fans 14 chances to see their favorite team. Back-to-Back Fatal Forty Champion 2015 & 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 My idea would have been this 16 game season aginst division rivals only and all teams make playoffs with top seeds getting byes in each confernce.First round would have been best 3 of 5. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheateater Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 My idea would have been this 16 game season aginst division rivals only and all teams make playoffs with top seeds getting byes in each confernce.First round would have been best 3 of 5. All teams? You mean all 30? I need clarification on how the whole playoff thing would work? You say top seeds (by that, I assume you mean division winners?) get byes, so do the other 12 teams in the playoffs in each conference play down to 6? Then, with the 9 remaining teams, what happens? I don't get it... Wagner Athletic Group11-2 Saskatoon Steeds (WAFL)-NFL-2014 Western Conference Champions / 8-5 Calgary Pronghorns (TNFF)-CFL-2014 Confederation Cup XI Champions14-6-2 Saskatoon Yellowheads (XHL)-NHL-1st, Gretzky Conference / 5-4-0 Saskatoon Czars (MLH)-AHL-T2nd, Calder Conference7-1-6 VfL Dortmund (Weltliga)-Bundesliga-3rd, League / 5-1-5 West End AFC (WFL)-EPL-T5th, League14-7 Saskatoon Sheiks (AA)-MLB-2014 Founder's Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Look at it in bracket form 1 gets a bye 2 vs 153 vs 144 vs 135 vs 126 vs 117 vs 108 vs 9 www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesCraven Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Much like the NCAAs, except for the post-round re-seeding. "I better go take a long walk off a short pier or something."Some people on this bolard have told me to do just that.My "Ron Mexico" alias is "Jon Tobago". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheateater Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 So then the short season would seed every team by points? OK, gotcha. But, still: every team makes the playoffs? Even Columbus? I don't know about that... Wagner Athletic Group11-2 Saskatoon Steeds (WAFL)-NFL-2014 Western Conference Champions / 8-5 Calgary Pronghorns (TNFF)-CFL-2014 Confederation Cup XI Champions14-6-2 Saskatoon Yellowheads (XHL)-NHL-1st, Gretzky Conference / 5-4-0 Saskatoon Czars (MLH)-AHL-T2nd, Calder Conference7-1-6 VfL Dortmund (Weltliga)-Bundesliga-3rd, League / 5-1-5 West End AFC (WFL)-EPL-T5th, League14-7 Saskatoon Sheiks (AA)-MLB-2014 Founder's Cup Champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 I think they should publicly execute both Bettman and Goodenow at mid-ice on the first game of the NHL's return.Too harsh? Okay.Well, how about having a 32-team Stanley Cup playoff between the 30 NHL teams and the top two teams from the AHL (just to round out the field). Pair each bracket geographically, or if that's not agreeable have a World Cup Soccer-style random draw. Each round except for the finals is a best of 3 series, with the finals being a best of 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaolinaJoe Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 They should probably contact Mike Helton and the France family for some advice. "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of thepress. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom ofspeech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given usthe freedom to demonstrate. And it is the soldier who salutes theflag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, andwho allows the protester to burn the flag."Marine Chaplain Dennis Edward O' Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCHitman Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 They should probably contact Mike Helton and the France family for some advice. Then we'd have 10 team playoff called the "CHase for The STANLEY Cup" every year. Owner of Kalamazoo Tech Kobras (Nat'l College Fant. Assc. Basketball, Football, and Hockey) 2006-07 NCFAB National Champions2006 NCFAF Midwest Conf. ChampionsRochester Patriots (Major League Hockey - AHL Fantasy League) 2005-06 Neilson Cup ChampsDetroit Black Panthers (Xtreme Hockey League) 2005-06 Yzerman Conference ChampsSheldon Motorsports (TRAC) - #20 Guinness Chevy & #21 UPS Chevy #44 Syracuse University ChevyCommissioner ofMLH (Major League Hockey, an AHL Fantasy League)TRAC (Team Racing Auto Circuit, NASCAR) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankeeman161 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 what they need to do is get rid of the godawful way they determine the standings. only have wins, losses and ties. no dumb overtime losses or any other things that would not make people understand how each team is scored like saying that the islanders finish (44-28-11-5) none of that crap.just play the game and remember that a loss is a loss, no matter if it happens in overtime or not. THE TOUGHEST S.O.B. IN THE CCSLC!Satan Lives! The Devil On Earth Breathes! -Jim Ross about Vince McMahon, WM 22"THAT WAS THE WORD OF YANKEEMAN"26 World Championships and still going strong. Get used to it Red Sox Nation!"Yankees win! Theeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yankees win!" -John Sterling after every Yankee winTo Be The Yankees, You Gotta Whoooooooooo!!! beat the Yankees!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_cynic Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Why 22 teams and how did you come up with those locations? Utah Jazz Retired Number's#1 - Frank Layden - #7 Pete Maravich - #12 John Stockton - #14 Jeff Hornacek - #35 Darrell Griffith - #53 Mark EatonRetired Number's To Come#00 The Bear (Best Mascot In NBA) - #4 Adrian Dantley - #32 Karl "The Mailman" Malone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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