98-99 season

Marc the Habs Fan

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I don't see this as anything different compared to other years back then.

Discount 1997-98 since it was an Olympic year.

1996-97 started on October 4th and the SCF ended on June 7th and that was with a Wings sweep. Had it gone 6 games like the 1999 Final did, that takes us to at least June 11th.

The one thing I can see is all four 2nd round series went at least 6 games (while they were all 4 or 5 game series in 1997), and the 1999 WCF went 7 games, so that may have added 2-3 extra days.
 

Kyle McMahon

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For some reason the regular season ran really late that year by my recollection. Wasn't Wayne Gretzky's final game on April 18th? I think that season was the latest start to the playoffs ever, excluding the lockout-shortened seasons. Why this year in particular ran a week later than it ever normally has, I cannot recall.
 
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Perfect_Drug

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The season ran extra long, because of all the time they spent that year calling back goals due to toes being in creases.

Half the games were spent with some war room in Toronto reviewing anything that might have been in the crease to be disallowed. At least 2 or 3 man-months were lost to this.


They finally decided to reverse the decision to do that crap on the cup winning goal that year.
 

tony d

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Yeah, 82 game season, should have the season over by April 9 (Which is still long at 6 months). and playoffs over at June 9th at the latest.
 

blood gin

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That was the year they foolishly moved the nets forward another two feet. Highlights from 1998-2005 always look strange to me since it looks like the net is too far from the endboards and just randomly floating in the middle of the ice.
 

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