Around The NHL (Part XLII)

[jniklast]

a 7th? Really thought that kid had potential. Just completely fell off the map. Decided using his body wasn't important.

8.0b

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Andrew Brunette retires http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=655551&navid=DL|MIN|home


he would have been a good option for the powerplay... i always liked this player. very underrated.

Bruno is done

Guy is slowest player in league and doesn't have it anymore even as a limited PP option

He was a waste of roster spot last year with Hawks

 

[Ghost of jas]

People do seem to really hate on Subban and Kane though...two of the most talented blacks in the NHL. Although everyone loves Simmonds.

Jarome Iginla never seems to have these problems.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

People hate on younger players who have any personality

Look at the way media/fans have been bashing the way Yakupov reacts when he scores goals and other younger players

 

[Hockey Team]

People do seem to really hate on Subban and Kane though...two of the most talented blacks in the NHL. Although everyone loves Simmonds.

maybe it has to do with the two of them constantly coming off as arrogant ****s

while simmonds couldn't seem nicer

Exactly why I hate subban and kane, but I like simmonds.

 

[RangerBoy]

Keys to realignment will be 4 Divisions...and playing home and home with every team in the league with playoffs inside division first.

https://twitter.com/JSportsnet/status/301834585824690176

The playoff division format sucks.

Daly says NHL has tweaked realignment plan approved by board last season, but it has same four-conference structure. Won't give details.

https://twitter.com/cotsonika/status/301797476350967810

Daly said playoff format has been part of realignment discussion with union but would not give specifics.

https://twitter.com/cotsonika/status/301804893780471808

This is the NHL realignment proposal from December 2011

Conference "D"
Carolina
New Jersey
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7321214/nhl-approves-radical-four-conference-alignment-plan

4 top teams make the playoffs. Patrick Division.

NHL wants realignment approved by the end of this month which will begin with the 2013-14 season.

 

[The Gloaming]

Ugh. I love division matchups, but won't it get boring seeing the same few matchups every spring? But does this open up a possibility to a Rangers/Bruins SCF, for example?

 

[Doctor King Schultz]

https://twitter.com/JSportsnet/status/301834585824690176

The playoff division format sucks.



https://twitter.com/cotsonika/status/301797476350967810



https://twitter.com/cotsonika/status/301804893780471808

This is the NHL realignment proposal from December 2011



http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/7321214/nhl-approves-radical-four-conference-alignment-plan

4 top teams make the playoffs. Patrick Division.

NHL wants realignment approved by the end of this month which will begin with the 2013-14 season.

I don't like how the 2 Florida teams end up in the "northeast division." They should send Washington up there and let us have the Panthers.

Edit: But I guess it encourages more of a rivalry for the Bolts and Panthers to be in the same division. They should send the Canes and Capitals to the Northeast then.

 

[Player big P]

People hate on younger players who have any personality

Look at the way media/fans have been bashing the way Yakupov reacts when he scores goals and other younger players

People love to use the "personality" excuse to defend when players act stupid so much that I'm beginning to think some people actually believe "personality" means acting like an arrogant, entitled, petulant dick.

 

[Kershaw]

lol.

Patrick Division gets screwed. Pitts/Philly/NJ/NYR/CAR/WSH beat each other up before advancing. All are legitimate playoff contending teams.

 

[silverfish]

I like it in theory, but the first few years (I'm talking ~10) this is in place, the Rangers easily have the toughest division in the game. Will make for some great playoffs, though.

 

[RangerBoy]

Ugh. I love division matchups, but won't it get boring seeing the same few matchups every spring? But does this open up a possibility to a Rangers/Bruins SCF, for example?

The NHL had not decided how the playoff format will be set up after the first 2 rounds.

The Rangers played the Flyers in the playoffs 5 times in 6 years in the 1980's.

Rangers/Flyers
Rangers/Islanders
Rangers/Caps

Those were the playoff series. 1-4. 2-3. Winners play each other. Winner played the Adams Division winner(Boston,MTL,etc.)in the Conference Finals.

In the 1st season of the current format(1993-94),the Rangers played 3 Patrick Division foes.

 

[broadwayblue]

Ugh. I love division matchups, but won't it get boring seeing the same few matchups every spring? But does this open up a possibility to a Rangers/Bruins SCF, for example?

If I remember correctly, no. The first two rounds would be within your own mega division...then the ECF would be against the winner of the other mega division winner. So Boston would be in Conference "C" for example...and if we are in "D" we'd have to play them in the ECF.

 

[Thirty One]

I like it in theory, but the first few years (I'm talking ~10) this is in place, the Rangers easily have the toughest division in the game. Will make for some great playoffs, though.

4 out of 7 would make it, though. Compared to 4 out of 8 in two other divisions.

 

[Thirty One]

If I remember correctly, no. The first two rounds would be within your own mega division...then the ECF would be against the winner of the other mega division winner. So Boston would be in Conference "C" for example...and if we are in "D" we'd have to play them in the ECF.

Under the 2011 proposal, the 4 conference winners would then re-seed, so a Boston-NY SCF would be possible.

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

As far as Subban goes, he did some things as a rookie that rubbed people the wrong way like throw all his dirty equipment all over the locker room and make trainers pick it up. There was an article about it.
He's also done some dirty things on the ice like when he slew footed Dubinsky.

I can't stand the new format because so basically, if you finish 5th in your Division/Conference/whatever and have 105 points but teams in different Division/Conference/whatever finish 2nd and have 89 points they get in the playoffs? That's not fair.

Also, certain teams just match up badly with other teams so they may never get out of the first or second round for a good decade. Is that fair? If anything, it hurts interest in attracting new fans if their team gets knocked out by the same juggernaut every year. I'm not just talking about the Rangers. See the Smythe Division in the 80s for examples.

 

[Swedish Fish]

Wings up 1-0

 

[The Gloaming]

Ouch, not a good start for Jake Allen's first game.

But the hands on Tatar there...

 

[Swedish Fish]

2-0 wings, rough start for Allen

 

[SupersonicMonkey*]

Kind of like the realignment plan.

Don't like them being considered "divisions".

Personally would like it if they were referred to and treated as four separate "conferences". This way, Stanley Cup Final match ups could be any "conference" vs any "conference".

It would make for a lot of interesting Finals, that haven't previously been possible.

And hopefully the "conferences" or "divisions" have unique/meaningful names.

Orr, Gretzky, Messier, Howe

Something like that.

 

[silverfish]

Oshie just went HAM

 

[Swedish Fish]

Berglund with a shortie 2-1

 

[The Gloaming]

What a play by Oshie!

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

First two rounds in the division then a re-seeding based on points of the remaining 4 teams would be cool.

 

[The Gloaming]

Datsyuk and Zetterberg are so much fun to watch.