ChiHawks468 said:
Your analagy would only be applicable if that 26 mile run led to the first 100 runners to cross the line going on to run a 15 mile race to determine the winner.
The regular season simply determines who makes the playoffs and the seeding there in. As long as the playoff structure remains the same, the winner is deserving of the cup.
Well if you feel that way, then what is your opinion on the first 2 rounds being the
best of 3 and then the Conference finals and Stanley Cup being
best of 7 ..
The regular season will consist of 15 home games 15 road games but all within your own conference .. The East and West Conference teams would not play a single game until the Stanley Cup Finals round
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because that according to TSN is the proposed 30 game lockout schedule by the NHL and what will happen if we have a season ..
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Stanley cup champs in the past have had to play those long gruelling seasons and overcome adversity to win a Cup ... Similar to my marathon example I gave earlier about endurance it a key component of winning a long running race .. If you shorten a marathon you take the factor out just like you do if you shorten a season to a very small amount like 30 games .. That is not even a 1/2 and NHL season .. SO if you took a 26 mile marathon and cut it in half ... You would likely have a very different outcome and then put your self in the shoes of the the previous winners .. They ran 26 miles to win and outlasted everyone else ..
For the guy to run 13 miles and say he is as good or deserves as much respect for his accomplishment
IS WRONG TO ME .. To me that means by regular standards that he was nothing more then leader of the race
1/2 way through the event ..
BIG DEAL I would say .. the lead changes many times in the second half and the first half is the easiest .. in the second half is where the race is won and lost as the hills and weather and course take it pounding on the body and endurance and stamina and pacing yourself and your body holding up are all key parts of the event as the champion is crowned .. The shorter the event the less these become factors ...
thats really my point a Cup win in 30 games verses 82 is like comparing ..
APPLES TO ORANGES .. its a win but is only ever really equal credibility wise to other 30 game seasons IMO
If the Boston Red Sox had won a championship in a strike shortened season would it have been as rewarding for them as winning it as they did last year ???
You will forever hear YAH BUT .......