BRUINS GDT GAME 56 7:12 PM - THE BEAR rides on the 8th Avenue subway - TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, 98.5 WBZ-FM

[jgatie]

Something like a play in spots. I think the nba do it.

No gimmicks! The NHL playoffs are the greatest playoffs in any sport. No need to goof around with them.

 

[Boston Bandit]

 

[jgatie]

My mother forgot more about hockey than these clowns will ever know.

 

[khanomcat]

The east is a dogfight I've never seen anything like this. They should expand more teams to get in.

Have to disagree, sorry. Half the league gets in the playoffs as it is. And please, no play-ins. It cheapens the regular season.

 

[TP70BruinsCup]

No gimmicks! The NHL playoffs are the greatest playoffs in any sport. No need to goof around with them.

The only change to the playoffs should be to go back to 1 vs 16 and rank them that way like they did in the early 80’s. This divisional stuff is nuts now as you can have a team with less point that you finish #1 in their division and have home ice. Or go 1 vs 8 in the conference. I think its time for a change IMHO

 

[Hookslide]

Something like a play in spots. I think the nba do it.

If the NBA does it that is a good reason not to do it.

 

[The don godfather]

If the NBA does it that is a good reason not to do it.

Picture a 1 game play in spot Montreal vs Boston td garden Saturday night 7 pm with orr in the house . How much revenue and interest it would receive. Restaurants bars merchandise etc.

 

[KnightofBoston]

The only change to the playoffs should be to go back to 1 vs 16 and rank them that way like they did in the early 80’s. This divisional stuff is nuts now as you can have a team with less point that you finish #1 in their division and have home ice. Or go 1 vs 8 in the conference. I think its time for a change IMHO

did they do east vs west in the first round then? that's kinda cool if so

 

[nORRis8]

The only change to the playoffs should be to go back to 1 vs 16 and rank them that way like they did in the early 80’s. This divisional stuff is nuts now as you can have a team with less point that you finish #1 in their division and have home ice. Or go 1 vs 8 in the conference. I think its time for a change IMHO

Seems logical.
However this the non-logic NHL we're speaking of.

 

[bobbyorr04]

The only change to the playoffs should be to go back to 1 vs 16 and rank them that way like they did in the early 80’s. This divisional stuff is nuts now as you can have a team with less point that you finish #1 in their division and have home ice. Or go 1 vs 8 in the conference. I think its time for a change IMHO

I like 1 vs 8 in each conference

..but 1 vs 16 sounds interesting

 

[Hookslide]

Picture a 1 game play in spot Montreal vs Boston td garden Saturday night 7 pm with orr in the house . How much revenue and interest it would receive. Restaurants bars merchandise etc.

I would like to help the restaurants and bars out as much as anyone, but no.

 

[jgatie]

Picture a 1 game play in spot Montreal vs Boston td garden Saturday night 7 pm with orr in the house . How much revenue and interest it would receive. Restaurants bars merchandise etc.

Or not. Stop with the silly gimmicks. Not everything is about revenue. They've already ruined the Winter Classic by having too many outdoor gimmick games, now you want to screw up the playoffs?

did they do east vs west in the first round then? that's kinda cool if so

No, the final was the only east vs. west game.

 

[lopey]

Sounds like oodles more hopium than pragmatism.

I don't see Boston making the PO watsoever. I look at Detroit playing with lots of confidence as their younger players like Seider, Raymond, Kasper and
Edvinsson and even Johannson begin to make significant impacts, along with vets like Talbot\Lyon, Larkin, DeBrincat and Kane giving them good goaltending and primary and depth scoring. This is a team worth making deadline deals for to upgrade their forward position and RD position. Wonder what Marchand would get back from Detroit, or even bigger Marchand\Carlo?

Ok your perspective then why watch? I mean you are so sure they are not making what makes you watch and post here. Im not being an ass i just don’t understand people who are so sure the team won’t make the playoffs spend hours of their time on this team.

 

[Boston Bandit]

My mother forgot more about hockey than these clowns will ever know.

 

[BamBamCam]

No, the final was the only east vs. west game.

Delete

 

[jgatie]

What??????

I meant games. THe old seeding wasn't 1-16, it was East 1-8 and West 1-8 meaning an east team couldn't play the west until the Cup Finals.

 

[TD Charlie]

I typically don't have much luck locating a means to watch these national games. Particularly with New York based teams. I am also pretty sure that both the lady and I have the flu right now, so maybe watching this team isn't the best plan tonight.

 

[BamBamCam]

The only change to the playoffs should be to go back to 1 vs 16 and rank them that way like they did in the early 80’s. This divisional stuff is nuts now as you can have a team with less point that you finish #1 in their division and have home ice. Or go 1 vs 8 in the conference. I think its time for a change IMHO

The 1 vs 16 is great you can only do that with a balanced schedule. Like they had in the 21 team league.

 

[ODAAT]

time for Coyle to get Poitras minutes and vice versa, will Poitras make mistakes? Sure, kid has what? 8-9 pts less than Coyle in 30 or so less games, seen enough

 

[BamBamCam]

I meant games. THe old seeding wasn't 1-16, it was East 1-8 and West 1-8 meaning an east team couldn't play the west until the Cup Finals.

Yeah I got you just took awhile. Back when it was Eastern Conference and Western Conference.

 

[jgatie]

Yeah I got you just took awhile. Back when it was Eastern Conference and Western Conference.

I'm pretty sure the only time it wasn't East vs West in the Finals was after expansion, when they did the O6 vs Expansion teams for a couple years and other silly matchups for a few years after that. That's how the 1970 B's played the Blues. Since 1981, it's been East vs West.