POLL -- playoffs this year or regular timetable next

[Cat Herder]

What would you rather have?

CHOICE A - playoffs this year and a delayed start of next season (which will then push those playoffs into the summer)

OR

CHOICE B - No playoffs this year and a normal start to the 2020/21 season

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[Cat Herder]

not sure how to add an actual poll so I guess reply in the thread

 

[ToDavid]

I think the question is misleading because it suggests if we cancel the playoff tournament we’ll be able to start the regular season as normal in October. I don’t think that’s realistic.

That said, if we set aside the pandemic and assume the regular season could go ahead in the fall, I’m still on the side of the playoff tournament. The goal of any season is to win the cup. IMO cancelling the playoffs is effectively throwing out the season. Reducing the regular season to 50-60 games is a relatively minor change in comparison.

 

[Cat Herder]

I think the question is misleading because it suggests if we cancel the playoff tournament we’ll be able to start the regular season as normal in October. I don’t think that’s realistic.

That said, if we set aside the pandemic and assume the regular season could go ahead in the fall, I’m still on the side of the playoff tournament. The goal of any season is to win the cup. IMO cancelling the playoffs is effectively throwing out the season. Reducing the regular season to 50-60 games is a relatively minor change in comparison.

According to a tweet by Lebrun they are going to cram a full 82 game season in and then the playoffs which means a summer playoffs

 

[ToDavid]

According to a tweet by Lebrun they are going to cram a full 82 game season in and then the playoffs which means a summer playoffs

That’s fine too, although my first choice would be to shorten the season to reset the schedule. I would still have the same answer, finishing the playoffs trumps almost everything.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I think people need to realize that it’s not one, or the other. The virus isn’t going away.

You can’t cancel the playoffs and come back in October and have everything be sunshine and rainbows.

If the players don’t want to play until there’s a vaccine that’s fine, but they’ll need to cancel the playoffs and next season too.

 

[Cat Herder]

That’s fine too, although my first choice would be to shorten the season to reset the schedule. I would still have the same answer, finishing the playoffs trumps almost everything.

Just for reference this link talks about the 82 Game schedule next year (below the video)


NHL focused on 82-game 2020-21 season - TSN.ca

 

[Voight]

According to a tweet by Lebrun they are going to cram a full 82 game season in and then the playoffs which means a summer playoffs

Then the season after players are going to have to start again on minimal rest.

IMO best option is have this season as planned, and start the 2020-2021 season in January of 2020, do a lockout style season and have everything run on a normal schedule. Then you can start the 2021-2022 season in October like normal.

 

[biturbo19]

Honestly, i could go for shortening the regular season anyway. So yeah...let's do some playoffs and finish this season off, after playing way more than enough of it. Not just throw all of that play away like it never mattered at all. Then run a shortened 2020-21 season. Best of both worlds.

 

[Soundwave]

Normal start is not going to happen. How is that even going to work?

 

[Machinehead]

1) Finishing two seasons > finishing one.

2) Next season will not be on-time anyway. The virus won't be controlled in the US anytime soon. This playoffs will be considerably easier to complete than next season.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I don't think you can have a proper season until there's a vaccine. The proposed playoff format is probably the most realistic way to see hockey for a while, so we may as well give it a try

 

[Rhaegar Targaryen]

It's amusing that people think the playoffs can't go on right now, but the regular season can start normally in October.

 

[Halla]

A easily. Scrapping the season after already awarding the bad team with high draft picks is a pretty big screw job for the good teams.
NHL needs the revenue

could see how fans of teams like ottawa and detroit would want to just start fresh next year tho lol

 

[MikeyMike01]

The regular season is a time-waster and full of filler games. There’s no entertainment in any game against the western conference, and little in games against nonrivals. If there were 8 games against the Rangers, Penguins, etc. like there should, the regular season might have some value.

Playoffs easily.

 

[wintersej]

I don’t see how regular season can happen without better treatment / vaccine. You can keep the players in a bubble for the playoffs, heck half the players will be sent home in two weeks. You obviously can’t maintain a true bubble for the whole season. Even with daily testing you are gonna get an outbreak at some point...and then what?