NJDevs26
Once upon a time...
- Mar 21, 2007
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Not for nothing but the best thing about the current format is the incentivizing of actually winning your division. That incentive largely gets taken away with this dopey 2-7 system. There will be scenarios where teams are playing for the division on the last day and it's only gonna be the difference between the 2 or 3 and 4 seed, it'll be like a spring training game a la Dodgers-Padres in the mid '90's on the last day of the season in the days of one wild card.
It'll be hard to explain the playoff system and seeding to a newbie, just like it is with the current NHL format. Yeah second-third division winners and wild card get home field for a three-game series but they pick their opponents in inverse order among three other wild card teams. Then who the **** knows how it gets reseeded in the next round? People will just roll their eyes at the permutations. But yeah I think they are looking for a dopey 'Selection Sunday' type show with four teams picking their opponents.
It actually might do the opposite of what they’re intending. The playoffs are going to drag on so long that they will seem even more insignificant to the average idiot. Especially when mediocre teams are getting in more often than ever before.
It'll be hard to explain the playoff system and seeding to a newbie, just like it is with the current NHL format. Yeah second-third division winners and wild card get home field for a three-game series but they pick their opponents in inverse order among three other wild card teams. Then who the **** knows how it gets reseeded in the next round? People will just roll their eyes at the permutations. But yeah I think they are looking for a dopey 'Selection Sunday' type show with four teams picking their opponents.
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