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I'm gonna guess both return. Maybe even Gru as the backup. Cal and Bura seem a few games away yet.Kaut going back down, I wonder who is ready to return?
I will go with Mikko, second guess is Kadri.
Man just seeing Mack is out for two weeks. Avs might be lucky to hang onto 2nd in the Division at this point.
We have a 10 point lead on Dallas, even if we played .500 hockey the rest of the season Dallas would need to be perfect to catch us.
At least we have time for the injuries to heal...
Yeah ironically enough. This might be the best time for the Avs to get healthy lol.
As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.
As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.
Not if the season is lost, which I think it is.As terrible as this is, we benefit most from this right now.
Not if the season gets canceled. We were one of the favorites.
Not if the season is lost, which I think it is.
I can't see it if it goes beyond June. I think they'd rather have a normal season next year than have 2 mangled seasons in a row.There is so much money on the line here that i'm certain that the season will continue at some point in some form. We have to wait and see how exactly but we'll have a Stanley Cup winner at the end of it. But it could take a while.
Damn.
Should've traded all our picks & prospects at the TDL.
I already want the league to move to 76 games instead.
Once Seattle arrives, you play every team in the other conference twice (home and away). That's 32 games right there.
Then you play every divisional team 4 times. That's another 28 games for a total of 60. You make up the remaining 16 by playing the other division twice. Pre-season begins in August. Games begin in early September. Playoffs over before June 1st.
As for this season...I think the best course of action is to call the regular season done. Calculate the playoff rankings based on points per game rates and go ahead with a full playoffs beginning ASAP. Don't disrupt draft and free-agency timelines. Really put the screws to GMs since they only trade the week of the deadline day, make them work for a change.
I already want the league to move to 76 games instead.
Once Seattle arrives, you play every team in the other conference twice (home and away). That's 32 games right there.
Then you play every divisional team 4 times. That's another 28 games for a total of 60. You make up the remaining 16 by playing the other division twice. Pre-season begins in August. Games begin in early September. Playoffs over before June 1st.
As for this season...I think the best course of action is to call the regular season done. Calculate the playoff rankings based on points per game rates and go ahead with a full playoffs beginning ASAP. Don't disrupt draft and free-agency timelines. Really put the screws to GMs since they only trade the week of the deadline day, make them work for a change.
You can't do points per game though, it's simply not fair. There's a 3GP differential for some teams right now. Sure, ppg averages out everything but there are teams that I'm sure would be
getting screwed if they aren't allowed to play the same amount of games.
I like this especially if it will remove the uneven number of back to back games some teams play. Right now schedule is unfair as some teams play more back to back games in a season then others.
I don't have time to look it up but I am fairly certain Blues have played less back to back games than Avs. So points per game rank puts Blues ahead today. Take out the back to back games for both teams and I am sure Avs are ahead since we love losing second game.
I understand what you are saying but I think this far into the season points per game is the way to go. Let's say team x has max games already. Team y has them on the schedule for this week. Do they skip that game and have team y play the next team that doesn't have the max games yet? That's going to piss folks off because games skipped may be against tougher/lesser competition. Folks are going to be pissed no matter what...I just think calling it now and ripping the band-aid off is the best way to go about business.
From my understanding back-to-back games are mostly due to arena commitments not because the NHL wants them. Teams with busier arenas (those that host basketball, lacross, large number of concerts, circuses, etc) will have more back to backs than say a team whose arena is used solely for hockey and the occasional concert.