Toggle sidebar

2021 Season

voxel

voxel

Testicle Terrorist
Feb 14, 2007
20,119
4,606
Florida
Henkka said:
Will there be AHL playoffs?

Haven't seen any news about it anywhere.

Point percentages? Bubble city?
Click to expand...

So far I haven't heard any news on the postseason/playoffs. The divisions are so imbalanced and there are no conferences this season.

Maybe 2-3 round robin games against all division winners? No idea what would be fair.
 
royals119

royals119

Registered User
Jun 12, 2006
1,457
1,139
West Lawn, PA
Henkka said:
Will there be AHL playoffs?

Haven't seen any news about it anywhere.

Point percentages? Bubble city?
Click to expand...
Obviously nothing is set in stone yet, but indications are there won't be a Calder Cup champion. Some divisions may elect to have a post-season tournament within the division, and others may not. Don't expect to see any playoffs between divisions unless things change significantly (for example: all players get vaccine plus enough fans are permitted at the games to make it worthwhile for the owners and/or NHL wants players to keep playing badly enough to help support the AHL owners financially)
 
  • Like
Reactions: CHRDANHUTCH
voxel

voxel

Testicle Terrorist
Feb 14, 2007
20,119
4,606
Florida
royals119 said:
Obviously nothing is set in stone yet, but indications are there won't be a Calder Cup champion. Some divisions may elect to have a post-season tournament within the division, and others may not. Don't expect to see any playoffs between divisions unless things change significantly (for example: all players get vaccine plus enough fans are permitted at the games to make it worthwhile for the owners and/or NHL wants players to keep playing badly enough to help support the AHL owners financially)
Click to expand...

In last night's Condors-Barracuda game, the announcers (one of them Brad Malone who is an active player but injured) hinted at a soon to be announced playoff format. Probably limited but it sounds like the AHL is very interested in some sort of playoffs.
 

axecrew

Registered User
Feb 6, 2007
2,322
622
voxel said:
In last night's Condors-Barracuda game, the announcers (one of them Brad Malone who is an active player but injured) hinted at a soon to be announced playoff format. Probably limited but it sounds like the AHL is very interested in some sort of playoffs.
Click to expand...

The AHL has said all along that there would be NO Calder cup champions this season...BUT they would be doing some sort of abbreviated playoff system. And that it is likely to be a divisional playoff only.
 
  • Like
Reactions: CHRDANHUTCH, JMCx4 and voxel

CHRDANHUTCH

Registered User
Mar 4, 2002
38,798
5,011
Auburn, Maine
JMCx4 said:
Round-robin series, COVID elimination, pandemic special.
Click to expand...
I wouldn't say that....

PRO/HFD is what it's always been... maybe back to the traditional rivalries of the past, but Providence hasn't seen Utica since the shutdown and/or transformation of the Blues landing there for the year instead of Springfield...

what royally is the problem is the archaic rule that every team has to be an active member but you gave three franchises the option to opt out w/ no penalty
 

CHRDANHUTCH

Registered User
Mar 4, 2002
38,798
5,011
Auburn, Maine
JMCx4 said:
That's why I said it instead.
Click to expand...
but not every team plays all the other teams, JM.... that's the downside of a coast to coast league like the AHL has become....it's been that way for decades, past, present or future teams/clubs and their fanbases fight that every year even though they're no real solution to make it equitable.

fans in all markets implored the clubs to do that, but would the League listen to their fanbases league wide, or do they take the advice of the clubs solely....
 
JMCx4

JMCx4

Welcome to: The Dumbing Down Era of HFBoards
Sep 3, 2017
15,102
10,004
St. Louis, MO
Another AHLTV Freeview on Saturday, April 3rd ...

AHLTV Freeview (3 April 2021).png
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Adam Michaels
You must log in or register to reply here.

Ad

Latest posts

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom
X