2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Talk
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TheBigKahuna
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16 team playoff is more than adequate.
I'd serioisly make over the draft seedings though. No more lottery.
The team with that finishes 17th overall drafts 1st. Period. Make some incentive for teams to never tank again. 18th drafts 2nd, etc. You shouldn't be rewarded for sucking out loud.
I'd serioisly make over the draft seedings though. No more lottery.
The team with that finishes 17th overall drafts 1st. Period. Make some incentive for teams to never tank again. 18th drafts 2nd, etc. You shouldn't be rewarded for sucking out loud.
Navin R Slavin
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I still like the idea of the loser tournament, where the teams play for seeds.
Boom Boom Apathy
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All that does is ensure bad teams stay bad. And yes , I know, Edmonton, but that’s Chiarelli being Chiarelli. The NHL likes parity.
Big market teams already have a big advantage due to money and free agency destinations, no need to make it even bigger.
The instances of true tanking aren’t frequent enough to make a change like that IMO.
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AD Skinner
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Not sure if y'all saw this but dang talk about a big finish
Negan4Coach
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Anybody else getting blackout restriction from NBC Sports for this game? I'm in the OBX and it is blacking out the Caps pre-game show. Am I too close to VA or something?
Ahoy there
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meh, I love those sweaters!
VAcaniac
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Pretty sure part of the OBX is in the Norfolk VA media market which is Caps territory.
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Cardiac Jerks
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Didn’t realize Columbus’ AHL affiliate is playing Tampa’s in the first round of the playoffs. Be hilarious if they sweep them, too.
The Gold plan is still by far and away the best way to go
DaveG
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I mean, there's a good solution floating out there, the NHL just needs to nut up and adopt it:
Down Goes Brown: Could the 'Gold Plan' eliminate tanking? - Sportsnet.ca
Yeah... that second pair turned to dog poo. I thought hamonic was the worse of the two (and by quite a bit), but when you play that bad, who really cares?
Really shocking considering they were actually solid through the regular season. But yikes it was awful watching those two try to clear the puck and give up the blue line with ease. Mack and co made an example out of them.
Oh well, just beat the caps so some of our former players can break the curse at least.
TheBigKahuna
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Not at all. It ensures that teams quit tanking. I don't think the shittiest team in the league deserves the best amateur player. Earn it. If you can't draft talent, make better use of free agency, etc.
Rewarding a team who quit trying in February, with the best player in the draft is silly. And unfair.
HisIceness
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RaleighBlues
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@RaleighBlues Congrats friend!
Thanks! Very happy for sure. Hoping the Canes can pull off a comeback too!
Cardiac Jerks
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Make better use of free agency? Thats a strange comment coming from a canes fan.
Boom Boom Apathy
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Nah, it’s not unfair. every major sport in the US does it for a reason. Tanking is a bigger problem in the minds of fans than it is in reality.
Look at Ottawa this year. If they had their own pick, fans would have screamed about tanking, yet clearly they weren’t trying to better Colorado’s pick by intentionally losing.
Most of the time, bad teams are Just bad teams. And players don’t “quit trying to get a better pick”. NHL players are competitive and want to win. They know their own financial well-being is at stake. Sure, once they are eliminated, it’s natural to have let downs and not have the intensity of teams still in it, but that’s not tanking.
It’s silly to automatically give a team that just missed the playoffs the 1st OA.
I highly doubt you’ll ever see what you proposed implemented, and for good reason.
Boom Boom Apathy
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Not a terrible idea, But It’s a lot more complicated though as it could change the trade deadline then which the players union would never agree to. Allowing teams to trade UFAs to be at the deadline is something the players union and owners like. To now say you are going to be penalized by doing that because your record will be worse down the stretch by doing that is a huge disincentive to moving guys at the deadline. I’m sure the NHL, players and fans would hate that, just to try to fix a problem that doesn’t occur very often.
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Svechhammer
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I always liked the thought that you seed based on how many points teams get in the standings after they are eliminated.
Which I now see is the Gold Plan discussed above.... Lovely, don't mind me
I hate those. I hate them in other sports and I love that the NHL, for all of its idiotic gimmicks that detract from the sport (less-than-full-strength OT, loser point, shootouts), has not adopted that farce.
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The answer is clearly European-style relegation.
HisIceness
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Cardiac Jerks
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As soon as Winnipeg was eliminated last night the articles started appearing about how the leafs were now Canada’s team and our last hope to bring the cup home.
So glad they lost today and hope they get embarrassed in game 7.
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