yes being in the EAST means you're at a disadvantage making the post season
yes that is fact
"We would have got in if Columbus and Detroit were in the West" is not something that anyone should be holding onto heading in the summer as some form of consolation.
They collapsed. Hard.
Coming in peace.
Yes it's a disadvantage.
No it's not the reason your not in the playoffs. In last years system you'd be out too. Like it or not, the road to the cup will always go through Boston, Detroit, Montreal . Same division ... deal with it, good teams find ways to win, not excuses to lose.
Coming in peace.
Yes it's a disadvantage.
No it's not the reason your not in the playoffs. In last years system you'd be out too. Like it or not, the road to the cup will always go through Boston, Detroit, Montreal . Same division ... deal with it, good teams find ways to win, not excuses to lose.
Sure buddy, whatever you say.
Looks pretty dumb now. I think we are in if detroit and columbus were still in the west. The fact that two extra teams are fighting us now makes this bullcrap.
I was actually thinking about this the other way. I wonder if Detroit was still in the west if they'd still be on the verge of keeping their playoff streak alive.
I bet they're happy to be in the easier east.
our defense is **** and our players are a bunch of lazy ****s and this is what you come up with
Boy, when we said "Blow it Up" in 2005 during the 1st lockout or this is going to get ugly, I don't know if I knew it would be this ugly 10 years later.
Looks pretty dumb now. I think we are in if detroit and columbus were still in the west. The fact that two extra teams are fighting us now makes this bullcrap.
Looks pretty dumb now. I think we are in if detroit and columbus were still in the west. The fact that two extra teams are fighting us now makes this bullcrap.
In terms of sheer probability, it is tougher to be top 8 in a group of 16 than a group of 14, but that completely ignores the quality of the teams within each group.
The western conference has 7 teams pushing 100 points, including a wild-card team. If they played in the west, they would be competing for a lottery pick, not a playoff spot.
I think the league needs to alternate. Next year there should be 16 teams in the west and 14 teams in the east.
We need to have the following 14 teams in the east:
Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Florida, Edmonton, Calgary, NYI, Buffalo, Winnepeg, Nashville, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Dallas.
Then we would make the playoffs.