NHL claims this is the best playoff format they have ever had. no changes on horizon

[hockeykicker]

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[Mitch nylander]

Well that's Unfortunate....

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Same guy who says 'there's not enough data' regarding CTE and concussions.

 

[Nick1219]

He's not wrong.

 

[Goptor]

He probably forgot that the league has 31 teams with unbalanced conferences. Its easy to forget when you don't invest too much time into the NHL.

 

[sabremike]

There is nothing on the planet that 100% of people will agree on but the notion among fans that the current playoff format is awful is about as close to that as you can possibly get.

 

[Roomtemperature]

He's not wrong.

Yes he is stop it. This format makes me watch less national game because the difference between 3rd best in the conference to 6th is non existent so why bother caring

We need to start a letter writing campaign to try ans change this dumbass shitty format

 

[Turin]

It’s a broken system with broken incentives.

 

[Barrie22]

Yes he is stop it. This format makes me watch less national game because the difference between 3rd best in the conference to 6th is non existent so why bother caring

We need to start a letter writing campaign to try ans change this dumbass ****ty format

So your issue is not with the format of the playoffs but with parity in the league.

 

[Machinehead]

He's not wrong.

Yes he is.

The second round matchups will likely be the same next year.

 

[Sol]

The format is pretty flawed since juggernauts tend to take eachother out fairly early.

Hence the

 

[Barrie22]

Yes he is.

The second round matchups will likely be the same next year.

The only 2nd round match up from last year that was the same to this year was the pens/caps series.

The only fans that can complain about facing the same teams with this new format is the caps vs pens. Every other team basically plays a new team every year.

 

[sabremike]

This is where I remind everyone that this format lead to the top two teams in the West playing in the second round. Think the NBA wants the Warriors and Rockets meeting in the second round? Go back to 1-8 and end the insanity.

 

[Push Dr Tracksuit]

I couldnt care less when 1 plays, if each round is entertaining Im happy, each round has been entertaining

on the list of BS I wish the NHL would change, this is very far down the list

 

[Machinehead]

The only 2nd round match up from last year that was the same to this year was the pens/caps series.

The only fans that can complain about facing the same teams with this new format is the caps vs pens. Every other team basically plays a new team every year.

Since the format change we've seen the following series multiple times:

Rangers vs Pens (3 times)
Jackets vs Pens
Pens vs Caps
Rangers vs Habs
Lightning vs Habs
Lightning vs Wings
Blues vs Wild
Sharks vs Kings
Ducks vs Flames

10 remmatches in 5 years, good for 21 series, making up over a quarter of the 75 series played in those 5 years. Tell me more about how everyone "plays a new team every year."

 

[Roomtemperature]

So your issue is not with the format of the playoffs but with parity in the league.

No yhe format cause say the Maple Leafs to be locked in to their slot so early

 

[X66]

The system is fine.

Believe it or not, people's problem with the format is blown up too much in their own heads.

 

[Armourboy]

I'm not a fan of it simply because it stripped much of the incentive out of being one of the top teams in the regular season. I really hope the Preds dial it back this year and save it for the playoffs, home ice has meant nearly nothing this season across the board.

 

[StreetHawk]

I'm not a fan of it simply because it stripped much of the incentive out of being one of the top teams in the regular season. I really hope the Preds dial it back this year and save it for the playoffs, home ice has meant nearly nothing this season across the board.

Also time zones for the west.

La, SJ, Ana, van, Vegas, AZ (no daylight savings so playoff time they are pst.). Add in soon to be Seattle and that’s 7 teams in pst zone. Only 3 in mst in Edm, cal, col. other 6 are cst.

Don’t think the pst and cst want to be playing 2 time zones apart through rounds 1-3.

In the east, no time zone issues. So, way easier for them to go 1-8.

In the nba this year you had GS play SA, so like SJ playing Dallas. And Portland play New Orleans. Would be like Seattle playing Nashville in terms of distance.

 

[Armourboy]

Also time zones for the west.

La, SJ, Ana, van, Vegas, AZ (no daylight savings so playoff time they are pst.). Add in soon to be Seattle and that’s 7 teams in pst zone. Only 3 in mst in Edm, cal, col. other 6 are cst.

Don’t think the pst and cst want to be playing 2 time zones apart through rounds 1-3.

In the east, no time zone issues. So, way easier for them to go 1-8.

In the nba this year you had GS play SA, so like SJ playing Dallas. And Portland play New Orleans. Would be like Seattle playing Nashville in terms of distance.

It's one reason I would be some what interested in seeing it go from east/west to north/south. Make those east teams have some crazy travel just like the west does.

 

[Halla]

yeah thats great NHL. a 105pt team deserves to play a 112pt team on the road in rd 1 (tor vs bos) while a 100pt team gets to play at home vs a 98pt team (pit vs phi)

SMH!

 

[KingsFan7824]

It’s a broken system with broken incentives.

Western teams wanted to cross time zones less often come playoff time. Even the Central teams that screwed themselves by voting for this format.

Would be like Seattle playing Nashville in terms of distance.

Which Nashville would like to avoid. It's why the original realignment idea was a strict top 4. Nobody wants to travel to the west coast.

 

[glovesave_35]

Also time zones for the west.

La, SJ, Ana, van, Vegas, AZ (no daylight savings so playoff time they are pst.). Add in soon to be Seattle and that’s 7 teams in pst zone. Only 3 in mst in Edm, cal, col. other 6 are cst.

Don’t think the pst and cst want to be playing 2 time zones apart through rounds 1-3.

In the east, no time zone issues. So, way easier for them to go 1-8.

In the nba this year you had GS play SA, so like SJ playing Dallas. And Portland play New Orleans. Would be like Seattle playing Nashville in terms of distance.

That doesn't seem like much of an issue to me. It's how it was for years.

 

[JerseyMike34]

Since the format change we've seen the following series multiple times:

Rangers vs Pens (3 times)
Jackets vs Pens
Pens vs Caps
Rangers vs Habs
Lightning vs Habs
Lightning vs Wings
Blues vs Wild
Sharks vs Kings
Ducks vs Flames

10 remmatches in 5 years, good for 21 series, making up over a quarter of the 75 series played in those 5 years. Tell me more about how everyone "plays a new team every year."

That's the idea. Create rivalries. This format is fine. It works as intended.

 

[Machinehead]

That's the idea. Create rivalries. This format is fine. It works as intended.

Being sick of a team kills the rivalry.