Around the NHL - Part XLII - (2023-24 Season edition)

[duhmetreE]

can be somewhat of a 93-94 run...

win Presidents trophy.
beat Washington and Islanders in the first two rounds.
Conference final against????
Beat Vancouver for another Cup 30 years later ( doubt they make it )

 

[NCRanger]

Per Friedman on HNIC - Coyotes are moving to Utah.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I heard Whitney and Biz, those two morons, complaining that the system sucks because the winner of the Atlantic has to play Tampa in the first round.

And sure, the division thing sucks, but like, Tampa would be a 6 seed. The Atlantic winner, right now, is a 3 seed. Mind blown.

It goes back to my whole point about Tampa. People hear "Tampa" and immediately think one of the top teams in the league. They're an away seed. Who do you want them to play?

And then that brainless f*** Biz complains about the Rangers potentially getting Deteoit. Yes, you mindless f***ing condom advertisement, the 1 seed will get the 8 seed. That effectively still happens in the current system

Biz doesn't hide the he has some weird hatred and obsession with the Rangers.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Asking the Devils to beat the Isles is probably too much but i will LOL if the Isles lose their last 2 and miss out.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Is it just me or is the broadcast quality of this Pens/Bs game light years sharper than the crap they streamed from MSG today?

 

[Kane One]

Is it just me or is the broadcast quality of this Pens/Bs game light years sharper than the crap they streamed from MSG today?

The problem is MSG.

 

[Boris Zubov]

The problem is MSG.

The building or the network?

1-0 Bruins by the way.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Boston just scored two quick goals.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Make that 2-0

 

[NCRanger]

Is it just me or is the broadcast quality of this Pens/Bs game light years sharper than the crap they streamed from MSG today?

I watched it on ABC through DirecTV. It seemed exceptionally dark compared with MSG broadcasts. Quality was fine, just darker than it should have been.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Rust scores. 2-1

Two teams with very similar colors. I don't know who's who.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Yikes. 3-1 Boston.

 

[17futurecap]

The ghost of Kevin Shattenkirk

 

[Boris Zubov]

LOL Jarry

 

[Boris Zubov]

Ullmark returned the favor.

 

[Captain Lindy]

Red Wings PP. What a dive!! LOL

 

[Svenhart2008]

I just want Pitt to miss….

 

[17futurecap]

Wings do it

 

[huerter]

Patty Kane is the funniest guy in the league. I should have done a libero on this cat years ago.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Wings do it

The Wings are just what the doctor ordered for a first round matchup. Bad defense, bad goaltending and not very physical.

 

[jerseyjinx94]

I heard Whitney and Biz, those two morons, complaining that the system sucks because the winner of the Atlantic has to play Tampa in the first round.

And sure, the division thing sucks, but like, Tampa would be a 6 seed. The Atlantic winner, right now, is a 3 seed. Mind blown.

It goes back to my whole point about Tampa. People hear "Tampa" and immediately think one of the top teams in the league. They're an away seed. Who do you want them to play?

And then that brainless f*** Biz complains about the Rangers potentially getting Deteoit. Yes, you mindless f***ing condom advertisement, the 1 seed will get the 8 seed. That effectively still happens in the current system

This isn’t true. In the traditional 1-8 seeding, the division winners would be 1-2 seeds.

So it would be

1 NYR v 8 WSH
2 BOS v 7 NYI
3 CAR v 6 TB
4 FLA v 5 TOR

 

[17futurecap]

This isn’t true. In the traditional 1-8 seeding, the division winners would be 1-2 seeds.

So it would be

1 NYR v 8 WSH
2 BOS v 7 NYI
3 CAR v 6 TB
4 FLA v 5 TOR

So then the complaint would be Carolina would finish with more points than the Atlantic winner, and get hosed.

Divisions are dumb, just have two conferences, seed them 1-8.

 

[NCRanger]

So then the complaint would be Carolina would finish with more points than the Atlantic winner, and get hosed.

Divisions are dumb, just have two conferences, seed them 1-8.

Unless there can be completely balanced schedules, that will not work.

 

[jerseyjinx94]

So then the complaint would be Carolina would finish with more points than the Atlantic winner, and get hosed.

Divisions are dumb, just have two conferences, seed them 1-8.

That was generally a complaint in the past but that’s the way the playoffs were formatted before the restructuring.

 

[Machinehead]

This isn’t true. In the traditional 1-8 seeding, the division winners would be 1-2 seeds.

So it would be

1 NYR v 8 WSH
2 BOS v 7 NYI
3 CAR v 6 TB
4 FLA v 5 TOR

Yeah well screw that noise.

I'm on board with just doing 1 through 8. I hated the divisions being involved and I hate them being more involved.

Still, complaining about essentially a 3 playing essentially a 6 just shows the inability to count or read which tracks from those two.