hockeykicker
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- Dec 3, 2014
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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 ****ty format
He's not wrong.
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.
So your issue is not with the format of the playoffs but with parity in the league.
Also time zones for the west.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.
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.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 a broken system with broken incentives.
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.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.
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."
Being sick of a team kills the rivalry.That's the idea. Create rivalries. This format is fine. It works as intended.