Pre-Game Talk: Canucks Full Schedule Released

[Canucks LB]

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[Jay Cee]

That looks super boring.

 

[VanillaCoke]

This season is either going to be a dud or super fun, I think it looks amazing for 56 games of all Canadian teams.


10 games against Markstrom is not good news though.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

It will be nice to start watching hockey again, but it's tough to get stoked about a schedule like that.

You more or less have to look at it like a bunch of mini series...

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

This season is either going to be a dud or super fun, I think it looks amazing for 56 games of all Canadian teams.


10 games against Markstrom is not good news though.

Playing against Calgary so much is actually a great litmus test on whether Benning's moves this offseason were prudent or not. We'll get to see plenty of Markstrom, Tanev, and Leivo. Same with Toffoli in Montreal.

 

[Canucks LB]

Our playoff hopes could literally be all about the flames 10 games.

Canucks vs Canucks 2.0

Going to be crazy

 

[perrykaravello]

I remember when they moved to having 8 divisional games back in 05/06 and I think it lasted for a couple years.

Seeing teams 8 times was a snore fest and that was over 82 games. The excitement of seeing the Habs and Leafs 9 times each in 56 games won't be as fun as it sounds on paper.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

So excited. May be the only time in our lives we'll ever have this Canadian division. Lets enjoy the novelty of it and prove that the Cancuks really are Canada's team.

 

[canuckking1]

Only having 6 back to back is a huge win. Other teams in the division have way more.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

man, 58 games + playoffs all squished together and done by mid-july. guys are going to get so hurt.

 

[Disappointed EP40]

It will be nice to start watching hockey again, but it's tough to get stoked about a schedule like that.

You more or less have to look at it like a bunch of mini series...

and what's the problem with that?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I remember when they moved to having 8 divisional games back in 05/06 and I think it lasted for a couple years.

Seeing teams 8 times was a snore fest and that was over 82 games. The excitement of seeing the Habs and Leafs 9 times each in 56 games won't be as fun as it sounds on paper.

I don’t think the issue with that schedule was so much the frequency with which certain teams were seen, but how rarely it meant other teams came to town. IIRC, this was when Crosby and Ovechkin had first arrived on the season, and this schedule setup meant they came to Vancouver once every other year. Just stupid.

Obviously, this schedule isn’t ideal - but it may give Vancouver and some of the other squads a taste of what the old original 6 days used to be like.

 

[Fatass]

This season is either going to be a dud or super fun, I think it looks amazing for 56 games of all Canadian teams.


10 games against Markstrom is not good news though.

Considering the loss of Marky we could very easily finish second last, and only be ahead of Ottawa. With Green not getting extended yet, could he be gone if we start to fall off the pace?

 

[krutovsdonut]

i am disappointed in the back to backs and back to back to backs.

but perhaps they will turn into mini playoffs

 

[Peter Griffin]

Like a baseball schedule. Wouldn’t surprise me if going forward we see more of these back to back games, especially for teams that are far distances apart. Would certainly save on travel costs.

 

[StreetHawk]

Like a baseball schedule. Wouldn’t surprise me if going forward we see more of these back to back games, especially for teams that are far distances apart. Would certainly save on travel costs.

You only play teams that are far away twice a year. So no point of this format.

32 games against the east. 50 games left. Take off say 16 more and down to 34. Divide by 7 teams it is basically 5 games each. If you up you conference opponents to 3 a year it leaves 26 games in the division so mostly 4 games per division opponent.

 

[Peter Griffin]

You only play teams that are far away twice a year. So no point of this format.

Who says they have to be “far away” for it to make sense? Travel is travel. Charter flights aren’t cheap. Instead of Winnipeg flying to Vancouver/Seattle twice a year, maybe they only fly once? Instead of Anaheim flying to Minnesota/Chicago twice, they fly once?

Maybe not enough of a savings for the NHL to move away from the traditional format but saving money anywhere they can will be the mandate for the league for at least the next few seasons.

 

[StreetHawk]

Who says they have to be “far away” for it to make sense? Travel is travel. Charter flights aren’t cheap. Instead of Winnipeg flying to Vancouver/Seattle twice a year, maybe they only fly once? Instead of Anaheim flying to Minnesota/Chicago twice, they fly once?

Maybe not enough of a savings for the NHL to move away from the traditional format but saving money anywhere they can will be the mandate for the league for at least the next few seasons.

Possible if the NHL wants to do it. From a fan's POV and NHL team POV, do you want the same opponent on consecutive nights? Is that good or bad for business and is that something a STH wants to do is see Winnipeg on both Friday and Saturday?

I don't know what the answer to that is.

This would reduce travel and make back to backs easier to play as the visiting team isn't spending 2-3 hours traveling after a game and then get to their hotel at 2am. thus, be more likely to be sluggish and lose the 2nd half of the back to back.

Thus increase the quality of play.

So, if you are a fan, does seeing the same team on consecutive nights who won't be tired due to travel and should give a better game, better than seeing a different opponent the next night, but they could be tired coming in from Seattle/Edmonton/Calgary/California/AZ or LV?

It would basically be down to your divisional opponents as I just hi-lited what back to back against 24 teams gets you to 48 games and leaves you with 34 left within the division with 7 opponents.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Possible if the NHL wants to do it. From a fan's POV and NHL team POV, do you want the same opponent on consecutive nights? Is that good or bad for business and is that something a STH wants to do is see Winnipeg on both Friday and Saturday?

I don't know what the answer to that is.

I wouldn’t want to see it but at the same time I think most fans are desperate to watch anything. Probably not a long term solution or even something we’d see long term throughout the season, but it wouldn’t surprise me too see more back to back games against the same team going going forward.

 

[hellstick]

Just glad there's hockey... As unconventional as this schedule might look, having hockey back is a good thing . Go Canucks

 

[J Corso]

I get why, but playing the same team 4 times in a row is going to be super boring to watch.

 

[Peter Griffin]

I get why, but playing the same team 4 times in a row is going to be super boring to watch.

Could be, could be like having mini-playoff series considering in a shortened schedule every point is that much more valuable.

 

[StreetHawk]

I get why, but playing the same team 4 times in a row is going to be super boring to watch.

No other options. Only 6 opponents. Are the US teams limited to divisions play?

 

[rypper]

It'll either be boring as hell seeing the same teams over and over, or it'll breed playoff-like animosity and hatred.

Imagine if there's a questionable hit in a game and then you play the same team the next night or two more games shortly after.

 

[NoShowWilly]

Unless we suck like the Senators, this is going to be a tonne of fun. Put up a 3-0 weekend on a team and watch the meltdowns.

6 of the 7 teams are close in my opinion. Every game has huge implications. This year has sucked! Let's build some animosity and enjoy this.