hockeymistress
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When is the NHL scheduled usually released? It is usually by now?
I'm wondering when we'll see it officially.
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I'm wondering when we'll see it officially.
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OilMan89 said:Earlier on TSN Sportscentre, Bob McKenzie said that there will be an unbalanced schedule, but a little different than usual.
I quickly saw the graphic, so this may not be completely accurate, but this is what I remember.
There will be 8 games vs each Divisional rival, and then 2 games vs each team in a single Division in the other conference. The remaining games will be played within the conference.
For example, Edmonton would play every team in the Northeast Division twice, but no other Eastern conference teams.
Crows said:WHAT?? SO that means for that example.. Edmonton wouldn't even play Atlanta, carolina etc?????!?!?
That's ridiculous!
Crows said:WHAT?? SO that means for that example.. Edmonton wouldn't even play Atlanta, carolina etc?????!?!?
That's ridiculous!
think/blue said:Yep, I heard it too. Each division will be 'paired' with one division from the other conference. It's kind of like the interleague play in MLB.
I would expect the Northeast teams to get paired with teams from the Northwest to get the Canadian matchups..
SensGuy said:I don't know how I feel about this. I hate it in baseball when they play the same teams over and over again and I hope that doesn't happen here. I don't want it to water down the rivalry between teams, like Ottawa and Toronto
Spungo said:Baseball has 162 games. Generally in hockey, the more you play a team, the more likely a rivalry will exist. Especially if they play home and home series (which I really hope they do). Almost every year, the best games in the netire3 NHL are the second game of a home and home series.
Crows said:This is crap.
So if Crosby goes to NY teams from the Northwest Division will never get to see crosby play ever EVER unless hes traded to their division or their rival division.
If this is the case, I don't know what the NHL is thinking.
They want to market these young players yet they won't let people see them. It's ludacris and another disgusting mistake the NHL is gonna make if implemented.
think/blue said:They might rotate the division thing, so you'd get to see a team from the other conference once every three years? That would hurt the Canadian rivalries but if the alternative is to never see a Detroit-Toronto game again, for example, it might be worth looking at.
think/blue said:Yep, I heard it too. Each division will be 'paired' with one division from the other conference. It's kind of like the interleague play in MLB.
I would expect the Northeast teams to get paired with teams from the Northwest to get the Canadian matchups..
bcrt2000 said:this sounds like crap. i don't want hockey to become like baseball... imo its a boring concept... at most they should have max 6-7 games against division rivals and 3-4 games against conference rivals, and then 1-2 games against other coneference, and they can still keep their dumb home-home for one division, but at least keep 1 game for the other teams