Pre-Game Talk: Chicago Chicago

[tardigrade81]

That is awesome

This is so cool!!

 

[Mr Positive]

1st plays WC2
2nd plays WC1
2 and 3 in the respective divisions play each other.

By the looks of it, Avs will be 1, Flames likely 2.

Going to be a dog fight for 3/WC in the Central between Minny-Nash-Dallas. STL should be in at 2.

Looking like 2/3/WC in the Pacific will be close as well but I suspect Vegas gets 2 if they get healthy again. Edm-La-Ana in a fight for 3rd/WC

I know this is an aside

But imo if the wildcards are from different divisions, they should stay in their division, regardless of points. Might as well stick with the divisional format

 

[Faelko]

I know this is an aside

But imo if the wildcards are from different divisions, they should stay in their division, regardless of points. Might as well stick with the divisional format

Yeah, the NHL needs to either have a conference format where you play all the teams in your conference the same amount or stay in the division for the playoffs.

 

[Mr Kot]

Haven’t heard since yesterday. Just day to day. Assuming he won’t be playing

Week to week with a shoulder injury. Probably out till end of March.

Upper body injury

fugg, that sucks. He is the glue of this team. We play much worse without him.

 

[Mr Positive]

Yeah, the NHL needs to either have a conference format where you play all the teams in your conference the same amount or stay in the division for the playoffs.

Also I dont see the point of divisions out east. It's mostly there for timezones and travel. That's important in the western conference but the east might as well ditch it and just go to a 1-8 playoff, without wildcards of course, and a mostly equal numbers of conference games vs every team out east

 

[bone]

Yeah, the NHL needs to either have a conference format where you play all the teams in your conference the same amount or stay in the division for the playoffs.

It's pretty damn close now. Western conference teams play 10 of their western counterparts exactly 3 times and they only play the one extra game vs. 5 of the teams in their Division. As such, the difference between a team in the Central vs. the Pacific is only 5 games. Shouldn't be enough to make a huge difference suggesting that one team has a significant advantage schedule wise vs. the other.

Even league wide now, 62 games of the 82 game schedule are exactly the same amongst all teams.

 

[Mr Positive]

It's pretty damn close now. Western conference teams play 10 of their western counterparts exactly 3 times and they only play the one extra game vs. 5 of the teams in their Division. As such, the difference between a team in the Central vs. the Pacific is only 5 games. Shouldn't be enough to make a huge difference suggesting that one team has a significant advantage schedule wise vs. the other.

Even league wide now, 62 games of the 82 game schedule are exactly the same amongst all teams.

That was brought on by the new teams. Add just two teams, and combine that with the rule that every team plays every team at least twice (home and away), and there you go.

Those 4 games for Vegas and Seattle would have been divisional games. Maybe they should lax that rule about having to play every team twice

 

[bone]

That was brought on by the new teams. Add just two teams, and combine that with the rule that every team plays every team at least twice (home and away), and there you go.

Those 4 games for Vegas and Seattle would have been divisional games. Maybe they should lax that rule about having to play every team twice

Personally I'm a fan of 4 Conference/8 Division system.

Then you 2 games against the 24 non-Conference teams (48). 4 games vs. the 4 teams in the rival division in your conference (16), then 6 games vs. the 3 teams in your Division (18). The math works out perfectly.

Looking at Pacific, you make it the Pacific Conference with a North and South Division. We'd play the California teams and Vegas 4 times each (2 in each building), Vancouver, Seattle and Calgary 6 times each (3 in each building), then a home and away set against all other 24 teams.

All first place teams make playoffs, then the next best 2 teams from each Conference. Teams get re-ranked against the whole league at final four.

If you don't like 4 Conferences, you could still call them Divisions, but use the same logic with Sub-Divisions.

 

[ToeMcDrag83]

WC1 likely draws a BOA playoffs which is neat.
Have to make sure we keep pace and then put away LA/ANA down the road in our head to heads.

 

[Magnum23]

Incoming Benson for Debrincat trade.

Imagine if we just took the Cat over Benson at the draft. Sigh

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Too bad my Ukraine National Team jersey with the number 22 and f*** PUTIN name bar wont be in by then.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Can someone explain the playoff format? If we finish in a wildcard spot we play one of the top teams in either division?

Yes, it’s basically the same system as the NFL.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

I know this is an aside

But imo if the wildcards are from different divisions, they should stay in their division, regardless of points. Might as well stick with the divisional format

Doesn't work if both wild cards are from the same division.

 

[Duke74]

Imagine if we just took the Cat over Benson at the draft. Sigh

Another egregious mistake by past management. In fact, this one probably ranks up there with the 16/33 for Reinhart and Strome for Spooner.

 

[Da McBomb]

Looks like Keith is very well liked and respected in that dressing room. Great to see

 

[Cloned]

Looks like Keith is very well liked and respected in that dressing room. Great to see

If the reports are true that he got the team to rally around Koskinen after the Tippett comments, he basically helped to save the season.

 

[brentashton]

@Fuhryous i don’t want to steal your thunder but I agree, Score prediction 25 or 6 to 4 for the Oilers, Oilers Feeling stronger Everyday.

 

[Mr Positive]

Doesn't work if both wild cards are from the same division.

In that situation it would be just like it is now

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Oh they're migrating the website again?

I'm sure this will go extremely well.

 

[BlackDogg]

Just..Migrate

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Oh they're migrating the website again?

I'm sure this will go extremely well.

It took them 12 attempts last time.

They've got lots of practice at migrating it.

 

[Magnum23]

Another egregious mistake by past management. In fact, this one probably ranks up there with the 16/33 for Reinhart and Strome for Spooner.

Imgaine if we had Barzal, Cat and Strome in our top 9 right now, oh my

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Imgaine if we had Barzal, Cat and Strome in our top 9 right now, oh my

Yeah.

Who needs a salary cap anyways.

 

[Satire]

Getting pretty tight with these playoff spots. Pretty crazy that there 6 teams within 2 points of eachother for 5 spots.

 

[brentashton]

Getting pretty tight with these playoff spots. Pretty crazy that there 6 teams within 2 points of eachother for 5 spots.

Yep it is crazy/exciting. When I see posters say these are not must-win games (PHI, CHI, MTL), I’m not sure what constitutes it then. When you are this jammed up in the standings, beating teams lower than, are definitely must-win battles. This game is gonna be tight. I hope Duncan thumps on Captain Manitoba.