NHL and NHLPA Prefer to play some regular season games if they are able to resume playing
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As I understand it, there's two options on the table right now being contemplated, not including whatever the Athletic says.
1. Standings today by points percentage (I'm not sure this wording of mine is correct).
2. Standings of all teams based on the first 68 games played.
In both of these above scenarios, the Jets miss the playoffs.
I'm not an Athletic subscriber, but what does "playing some games" mean? Everyone plays to 72 games, or similar? What does this mean for the Jets?
1. Standings today by points percentage (I'm not sure this wording of mine is correct).
2. Standings of all teams based on the first 68 games played.
In both of these above scenarios, the Jets miss the playoffs.
I'm not an Athletic subscriber, but what does "playing some games" mean? Everyone plays to 72 games, or similar? What does this mean for the Jets?
Main idea is no one (NHL or players) wants to go straight into a playoff format. Both sides want to play at least some regular season games to get back into game shape/readiness. They would agree on an equal amount of games if less than 82 (78, 76 or 74). Appears like they would play through summer and even into September and then start the following season soon after.As I understand it, there's two options on the table right now being contemplated, not including whatever the Athletic says.
1. Standings today by points percentage (I'm not sure this wording of mine is correct).
2. Standings of all teams based on the first 68 games played.
In both of these above scenarios, the Jets miss the playoffs.
I'm not an Athletic subscriber, but what does "playing some games" mean? Everyone plays to 72 games, or similar? What does this mean for the Jets?
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Just seen on CNN, an official of California saying no sporting events till after Thanksgiving maybe longer, unless they sequester all the players at a place with a low amount of cases and play in front of no crowd, this season is done.
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We don’t even know how things are gonna play out a week in advance right now yet they already know there won’t be any sporting events by Thanksgiving? Yeh ok. California is a mess anyways.
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Wow, that is nuts. I really hope this doesn't happen.
Actually I think this is how it plays out. They play in a central location after everyone goes through a 14 day isolation period. Just players and game day crew and designated media. It becomes a purely TV event.
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I personally dont listen to much of what CNN says anymore.
Making a certain president look bad has been more important to them than real news lately
Yeah they will find a single location and quarantine all the players and officials
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I don't want to sound overly pessimistic, but I am not sure the Jets would fare well with a short set of regular season games...
1. The Jets would have a bunch of road games if they try to even that out. For example, in a 74 game season the Jets would likely play 3 road games to even out home and road schedule. In a 78 game season, they would have 5 road and 2 home games.
2. Jets rely heavily on goaltending, and Hellebuyck was on a roll. His impact might be less in a small number of games, and the Jets might need to use Brossoit if the games are compressed. If Hellebuyck isn't at his best right out of the blocks, the Jets might not have the team to overcome so-so goaltending in a short stretch.
3. It seems that sometimes the Jets start off seasons a bit slow. They won't have that luxury.
On the plus side, they should be healthier than they were all season, and played their best late in the season, so maybe they have it together more.
1. The Jets would have a bunch of road games if they try to even that out. For example, in a 74 game season the Jets would likely play 3 road games to even out home and road schedule. In a 78 game season, they would have 5 road and 2 home games.
2. Jets rely heavily on goaltending, and Hellebuyck was on a roll. His impact might be less in a small number of games, and the Jets might need to use Brossoit if the games are compressed. If Hellebuyck isn't at his best right out of the blocks, the Jets might not have the team to overcome so-so goaltending in a short stretch.
3. It seems that sometimes the Jets start off seasons a bit slow. They won't have that luxury.
On the plus side, they should be healthier than they were all season, and played their best late in the season, so maybe they have it together more.
I am of the belief that all teams will be on the road. The NHL has been looking for neutral sites so I doubt anyone is going to have an advantage if/when they return.
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Yeah the only advantage/disadvantage would be the last change. Unless they forgo that and do a coin toss or something. But If they resume to the same schedule up until game 76 or whatever, they will likely determine the last change by corresponding to the original home/away schedule.
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My 2 cents on if we have a season anymore.. If the situation is as bad as some say or project(no chance for hockey even by late summer/fall,) then next season is problematic too. If things are bad enough for even saqestered hockey not to occur in August, I cant see it "suddenly" geting better enough to start next season in Oct/nov.
We"ll see what happens. My guess is they will try the neutral site thing. Have all involved quarantined for 14 days and have them all tested at the end of that time. If all are negative, they play games.
Considering how far into the summer the NHL is willing to play into,, if they don't play again and the season gets cancelled, to me that would probably mean next season will be compromised as well. Especially since there would theoretically be a relatively short time (probably around 21-30 days) between when the Stanely Cup is to be awarded and the start of next season. Again I don't see things drastically improving within that time if things are bad. And conversely, If things are good enough for them to start as normall in October, things cant be so bad they couldn't of tried to finish this season in late summer early fall.
I'm only using my own logic here. Could be totally off.
We"ll see what happens. My guess is they will try the neutral site thing. Have all involved quarantined for 14 days and have them all tested at the end of that time. If all are negative, they play games.
Considering how far into the summer the NHL is willing to play into,, if they don't play again and the season gets cancelled, to me that would probably mean next season will be compromised as well. Especially since there would theoretically be a relatively short time (probably around 21-30 days) between when the Stanely Cup is to be awarded and the start of next season. Again I don't see things drastically improving within that time if things are bad. And conversely, If things are good enough for them to start as normall in October, things cant be so bad they couldn't of tried to finish this season in late summer early fall.
I'm only using my own logic here. Could be totally off.
I can not see non playoff teams (Detroit, Ottawa and others) going through a training camp just to play a few games to finish off the regular season. Would not make sense.
He does that all on his own , just watch one of his updates .
As much as i would like to see the Jets again this season , i just don't see it happening . The NHL is a gate driven league , they don't have a TV contract like Baseball , Basketball and Football . They need bums in the seats and who knows how long it will be before they allow gatherings like that again .
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So like WWE is doing now? Is your thoughts that they do this to meet their TV and sponsorship obligations? I can only speak to WWE but I feel like the 5 minutes I watched of raw Was brand damaging but it’s a work so that is probably apples and oranges I guess.
You would think that with a drug solution to kill off this Virus, that it will still have to go thru a testing period of 8-12 months, before they will administer it to humans ??
If this is the case, I can't see any hockey being played until January/2021,
unless, new virus infections drop to next to nothing, of they decide to just play to TV audiences. They need to get some revenues, you would think?
I think the owners will be OK thru this, as their "biggest cost" would be player salaries ( contracts) but I don't believe they have to pay them, unless the player is playing games, and the league is active.
I guess the biggest losers would be the players, but a lot of them are millionares anyways. I wonder how all this works out ? The players who would get hurt the most, are those in their 1st or 2nd year ?
If this is the case, I can't see any hockey being played until January/2021,
unless, new virus infections drop to next to nothing, of they decide to just play to TV audiences. They need to get some revenues, you would think?
I think the owners will be OK thru this, as their "biggest cost" would be player salaries ( contracts) but I don't believe they have to pay them, unless the player is playing games, and the league is active.
I guess the biggest losers would be the players, but a lot of them are millionares anyways. I wonder how all this works out ? The players who would get hurt the most, are those in their 1st or 2nd year ?
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Long gone are the days of good newscasting where it was hard to tell which side of the spectrum the editorial content lay.
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