Pretty sure everything they do follows the NBA at this point. That's what happens when your rights are sold to the same networks as a more successful league which plays at pretty much the same time.When was the last time the playoffs started on a weekend?
Don't recall it happening very often.
When they start during the week it's usually 4 games one night 4 games the next
Looks like there could be 4 games on Monday, so if the Canucks don't start until Tuesday there might be a Sat/Mon series (Leafs?).As per Rick Dhaliwal, game 1 in Vancouver will be Tuesday night. As per the American TV schedule, there are only 2 games on Saturday, 2 games on Sunday, 3 games on Monday.
If jets open Monday and Canucks open Tuesday, I expect Oilers to open Sunday and Leafs to open Saturday.
that guy's post isn't complete...he only shows 44 possible Round 1 games & 14 possible second round games. It may turn out that way but he is missing a bunch of potential games.Looks like there could be 4 games on Monday, so if the Canucks don't start until Tuesday there might be a Sat/Mon series (Leafs?).
Stanley Cup Playoffs TV Schedule - The NHL Zone
Thursday, May 16th 7:00 p.m. ET: Second Round, Game 6: New York Rangers vs. Carolina Hurricanes (TNT/truTV) 10:00 p.m. ET: Second Round, Game 5: Edmonton Oilers vs. Vancouver Canucks (TNT/truTV) Friday, May 17th 7:00 p.m. ET: Second Round, Game 6: Florida Panthers vs. Boston Bruins (TNT/truTV)...thenhlzone.com
Yep it's being updated as more windows are added to the ESPN/Turner schedules but it looks complete through April 28th.that guy's post isn't complete...he only shows 44 possible Round 1 games & 14 possible second round games. It may turn out that way but he is missing a bunch of potential games.
Since ESPN & TNT dictate both league's schedules, it's really up to them.How does it work when an NBA and NHL team share an arena? Which team can choose the preferred home games first?
Looks like NHL is going to have messed up start times and will cause staggered series during playoffs again. NHL needs to end regular season at same time for all teams. Understand the issues that come up from 1 series sweeping and some going 6-7 games, but regular season ending >>>> playoffs starting should be same for everyone. One day difference should be max, if they can help it.
Lightning played Florida during 2nd round not long ago, they finished 4th game of their series before some teams were just starting 2nd game of their series. This kind of time difference should not be happening so soon into playoffs, and it caused Lightning to have like a 9+ day break until ECF's before playing Rangers. Lightning looked cold to the bone at start ECF series. Some teams handle layoffs better than others, Lightning are not one of those teams.
The bigger issue for some is that both teams in the arena have home ice/court (Knicks/Rangers, Bruins/Celtics). Then the potential for Kings/Lakers both being the lower seed. They're lucky Avs/Nuggets and Mavs/Stars don't have that issue at the moment.It'll depend on arena availability too. LA has 3 teams sharing an arena, Dallas, New York and Boston with 2 etc.
NBA likely gets priority and the markets that don't share (Canadian teams and VGK for example) might get the better slots so there is no head to head to compete for eyeballs
Oh my, missed that one and holy wrong!!!!My personal favourite was last season when the Oilers had Game 2 in Vegas. It was scheduled, officially announced, a lot of Oiler fans booked flights and paid for tickets, then at the 11th hour they changed it. Why? Because the Florida Panthers owner had a horse in the Kentucky Derby and he wanted to go to that.
The hundreds of fans that spent a lot of non-refundable money to travel to attend a game? f*** them, the nice to have wishes of the Florida Panther's owner is more important.
Yup, I expect Leafs/Bruins to play Sat, Mon, Thu, Sat... not sure after that, but there will probably be a few more two day breaks I'd imagine.As per Rick Dhaliwal, game 1 in Vancouver will be Tuesday night. As per the American TV schedule, there are only 2 games on Saturday, 2 games on Sunday, 3 games on Monday.
If jets open Monday and Canucks open Tuesday, I expect Oilers to open Sunday and Leafs to open Saturday.