Around the League Thread | November Rain

[timw33]

Oh my god, was Hanafin Podkolzin's man there?

 

[Canuckle1970]

Good result! Don't care if Vegas wins the division. Our prize for winning 1st last season was the longest air mile travel of all the playoff teams. Get 2nd, and you stay within your division.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Good result! Don't care if Vegas wins the division. Our prize for winning 1st last season was the longest air mile travel of all the playoff teams. Get 2nd, and you stay within your division.

This never occurred to me before and now I'm mad at the NHLs stupid playoff format.

 

[arttk]

Oh my god, was Hanafin Podkolzin's man there?

Lovely play by Bouchard too

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Also proof the Sportsnet panel is delusional. After that game ended they were showing "highlights" as to why Skinner deserves to be on team Canada. I'm not even kidding...

 

[Canuckle1970]

This never occurred to me before and now I'm mad at the NHLs stupid playoff format.

I remember Bieksa talking about it on the HNIC panel last year. He said that the Canucks 2nd round playoff with Nashville in 2011 really took a toll on the team.

 

[arttk]

This never occurred to me before and now I'm mad at the NHLs stupid playoff format.

Would be interesting if the 1st seeds for each division can pick which team they want to play in the 1st round. That would be spicy.

 

[sting101]

Would be interesting if the 1st seeds for each division can pick which team they want to play in the 1st round. That would be spicy.

i would love to see a 2 -2 -3 format. None of the 5-6-7 back and forth for 1 game and home ice means more

Only twice in the last 20yrs has the 7 game series averaged more than 6 games so it's basically even up for teams that finished worse over 82 games. Reward the regular season get rid of the excess travel. It's physically punishing enough no need to add a massive amount of air and time travel especially unfair for Western teams