I think having the cap go up post deadline is alright and maybe even giving it another slight increase come playoff time wouldn't be a bad idea. It's pretty likely that won't get fixed until the CBA expires though.
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I think having the cap go up post deadline is alright and maybe even giving it another slight increase come playoff time wouldn't be a bad idea. It's pretty likely that won't get fixed until the CBA expires though.
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they should keep the cap during the playoffs but increase it more and more throughout so you can still use ltir but you can't pull the vegas special and have a 100 million dollar roster game 1 of the playoffs
Well when you only have 5 other teams to play and playoffs is basically 2 rounds it's pretty easy to clean it up quickly.
In the modern NHL we have 32 teams, half of which make the playoffs. Really no different than any other sport. NBA is still going on as well and that is also part of the problem. Every NHL arena doubles as a major events venue and many are shared with NBA teams which have a much larger fan base and bring in a lot more revenue for the building. So when it comes down to who gets this date the NBA or NHL team? The answer will always be the NBA team because the sport is significantly more popular.
Like I said above a major part of the problem is scheduling. When you are the small fish among the big 4 and most of these venue also have to fill dates that may otherwise not be occupied it becomes a bit of a challenge. You can't just leave the buildings dates empty in hopes your team makes it to round 3 or 4. The rest is just NBA taking up building and TV time slots.
Yeah I don't think it needs to be a massive jump. I like when teams have some flexibility to call up players from the minors and give them a shot at the playoffs. We don't need a tonne of space in order to have that.
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I’d really like to see Maurice get a cup but one has to think the oilers are gonna win it. Mcdavid and Drai go beast mode in most meaningful games of the year
You can see the national media story line from “cup or bust” statements to rough start to making necessary changes to becoming a powerhouse team to working their way through the playoffs and beating the team that beat the defending champs and the prior year defending champs
To get the “beast from the east” and closing it out due to their excellent PK and skilled offence
Boom there ya go tsn and sportsnet.
You can see the national media story line from “cup or bust” statements to rough start to making necessary changes to becoming a powerhouse team to working their way through the playoffs and beating the team that beat the defending champs and the prior year defending champs
To get the “beast from the east” and closing it out due to their excellent PK and skilled offence
Boom there ya go tsn and sportsnet.
Yeah the storyline is a pretty easy one. McDavid gets his Cup and his Smythe cementing his legacy on his way to making the top 4 a top 5.
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Good goaltending = playoff success
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I guess @sipowicz is brain storming his next creative legitimate Hellboi slam.
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Well, poor Helly, he's no Bobrovsky who actually does come up big in the PO's!
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And against the Stars it was the opposite ... the pucks hit the posts and in. Puck deflects to an open man ... easy goal ... seeing eye shots.
As much as I'd like to see a Canadian team win the SC, I can't bring myself to cheer for a team that has a couple of a-hats in Kane and Perry. I'm in on the Jets "connection" in Florida....Kulikov, who was under-appreciated during his time in Winnipeg (a pretty solid 3 pairing guy in Florida), Stenlund (another solid 4th liner and very good PKer), and Maurice (I didn't like his player deployment with the Jets but he seems like a decent guy).
Yeah Florida definitely had the PDO rocking on their side tonight.
We'll see if that continues for the rest of the series. Bob can certainly stand on his head but can he whether that storm for 3 more wins? Oilers shut down Florida on the man advantage but got shut down themselves. I don't think that will continue for the rest of the series.
Florida played horribly but managed to get 2 goals on some bad defensive blunders. Some may say well that was the Oilers against the Stars but the Oilers never played that bad. They just got leads early and then sat back and Skinner was never really truly in trouble. Bob made 3 pretty insane saves before the Cats even got their first goal. Could have easily been 3-0 before the Cats got on the board. If they keep playing like that the series could change gears real fast.
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NOT AT ALL because I am a fan of other teams. I liked the Nordiques and Avalache because Forsberg/ Sakic were two of my favourite players. Hating Detroit, the Avalanche became my team and I still like them to this day.
I always loved Khabibulin so when he became a member of the Lightning I became a fan of those St.Louis, Richards, Lecavalier teams and am still a Lightning fan to date.
So I have enjoyed plenty of hockey happiness in my lifetime. Nice try though.
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