Pre-Game Talk: 24 Team Playoffs discussion

[forsbergavs32]

Has it been mentioned if these games will be on NHL.tv/Center Ice or how the they will be televised in general?

 

[McMetal]

How am I going to break it to my wife that I'll have hockey on 24/7 for damn near two months? Thank god I work from home.

At least the pace will slow down once the field shrinks.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Has it been mentioned if these games will be on NHL.tv/Center Ice or how the they will be televised in general?

Wait... they might not be on centre ice?

 

[Foppa2118]

How am I going to break it to my wife that I'll have hockey on 24/7 for damn near two months? Thank god I work from home.

What's the ice gonna be like in the summer playing three games a day on the same ice surface? That third game might be pretty sloppy.

 

[Avsboy]

Has it been mentioned if these games will be on NHL.tv/Center Ice or how the they will be televised in general?

Can't imagine they won't be. We paid and we are owed.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Can't imagine they won't be. We paid and we are owed.

thats kind of what I was thinking, but was hoping there was an announcement I missed so I knew for sure

 

[Avs_19]

What's the ice gonna be like in the summer playing three games a day on the same ice surface? That third game might be pretty sloppy.

I want to say they’ll make it work because they’re going to have some of the best people working on it and Edmonton in particular always has great ice but who knows since this is unprecedented.

If it is poor conditions during the exhibition/play-in games, that’s going to be unfortunate for the teams that weren’t good enough to get the top seeds.

 

[Foppa2118]

I want to say they’ll make it work because they’re going to have some of the best people working on it and Edmonton in particular always has great ice but who knows since this is unprecedented.

If it is poor conditions during the exhibition/play-in games, that’s going to be unfortunate for the teams that weren’t good enough to get the top seeds.

Yeah the ice crew does wonders with the outdoor games and Edmonton always has good ice, but neither have been tested during the summer.

A lot of compounding factors, especially playing three games on the same day. I wonder if the ice crew will be limited due to the COVID restrictions too. Curious how it'll play out.

If the ice is bad I don't know if the Avs will benefit more than other teams though. They score a lot of pretty goals and make plays off the rush, which will be harder to do with bad ice.

 

[MonsterMack]

Possibly a very dumb question, but does the ambient heat from thousands of fans affect the ice surface?

 

[Foppa2118]

Possibly a very dumb question, but does the ambient heat from thousands of fans affect the ice surface?

That's a good point. It has to. Maybe the lack of fans will offset some of the factors hurting the ice.

At the very least it will be easier to cool the building during the summer, which will help the ice surface stay frozen.

 

[Balthazar]

That's a good point. It has to. Maybe the lack of fans will offset some of the factors hurting the ice.

At the very least it will be easier to cool the building during the summer, which will help the ice surface stay frozen.

Yeah they'll have to keep the temperature in the buildings very, very low.

 

[Avs_19]

Yeah the ice crew does wonders with the outdoor games and Edmonton always has good ice, but neither have been tested during the summer.

A lot of compounding factors, especially playing three games on the same day. I wonder if the ice crew will be limited due to the COVID restrictions too. Curious how it'll play out.

If the ice is bad I don't know if the Avs will benefit more than other teams though. They score a lot of pretty goals and make plays off the rush, which will be harder to do with bad ice.

The way I took McKenzie’s comments was that this will be the schedule while there are 24 teams. If that’s the case then the Avs won’t be playing actual playoff games during that time.

He also mentioned that the top seeds playing for playoff seeding would be in the 4pm window because they’re using regular season OT rules. That way the NHL knows the games during that window won’t go long like the other games with possible multiple OTs.

 

[Foppa2118]

The way I took McKenzie’s comments was that this will be the schedule while there are 24 teams. If that’s the case then the Avs won’t be playing actual playoff games during that time.

He also mentioned that the top seeds playing for playoff seeding would be in the 4pm window because they’re using regular season OT rules. That way the NHL knows the games during that window won’t go long like the other games with possible multiple OTs.

Ah ok. Admittedly during this pandemic I've been keeping up with hockey thanks to bite sized pieces online like that tweet and haven't been taking the time to look into them further.

There's just too much to keep up with right now in hockey let alone life.

Normally I think this is a very dangerous way to take in information but fortunately it's just hockey.

 

[Ararana]

Has it been mentioned if these games will be on NHL.tv/Center Ice or how the they will be televised in general?

Can't imagine they won't be. We paid and we are owed.

I don't know about Center Ice but I've had NHL.TV since it came out and they never show playoff games. Playoff TV rights are owned by the major networks and can't be played on NHL.TV until after 48 hours.

If you have the cash just sign up for AT&T TV, monthly subscription cancel anytime. Pay for two months and quit. It has a DVR feature so you can record any games you can't make.

 

[Avsboy]

I don't know about Center Ice but I've had NHL.TV since it came out and they never show playoff games. Playoff TV rights are owned by the major networks and can't be played on NHL.TV until after 48 hours.

If you have the cash just sign up for AT&T TV, monthly subscription cancel anytime. Pay for two months and quit. It has a DVR feature so you can record any games you can't make.

NHL Live (available on Apple TV or similar devices) has the playoffs.

 

[The Shermanator]

Wow. Working from home is about to get even less productive.

 

[Metallo]

Wow. Working from home is about to get even less productive.

I always joke (in French) that teleworking is a bit of tele (equivalent of TV in French) and a bit of working.

 

[UncleRisto]

Gonna be great getting up for work.

 

[SaltySkywalker]

I can't imagine NBC won't carry them like always? It's not like they've got that much going on...

 

[Avs9296]

Possibly a very dumb question, but does the ambient heat from thousands of fans affect the ice surface?

Absolutely, more so from a humidity standpoint. Thousands of people breathing with concourse doors opening and closing adds a ton of humidity which is the real enemy of ice. Tiny droplets can form on the ice and freeze causing little bumps throughout the ice.

Source: I'm a refrigeration mechanic (even though I don't specifically work on ice rinks).

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

oh my god there's going to be playoff hockey from ten in the morning to midnight

 

[AvsCOL]

oh my god there's going to be playoff hockey from ten in the morning to midnight

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Ladies and Gentlemen... the Avs now have a new net-front presence for the power play.

Unfortunately, they now need a new PP QB.

 

[Avsboy]

They could role reverse and put Wilson the Accursed as PP QB

 

[Pokecheque]

They could role reverse and put Wilson the Accursed as PP QB

That would last maybe two shifts before Wilson's groin exploded into a thousand pieces at center ice.