Confirmed with Link: NHL and NHLPA agree on 56 game season - SCHEDULE RELEASED - Isles @ NYR Jan 14th

[Crease]

I do generally agree that offside review is out of control. Goals are being overturned based on microscopic violations of a rule that had no actual bearing on the play. It has gotten to the point where I barely get excited about goals in the moment because I'm waiting to see if there's going to be a challenge.

While we're shouting at clouds, I also wish the league would go back to touch-up icing and get rid of the over-the-glass delay of game penalty. Treat the latter like icing and do not permit the violating team from taking a line change.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Anyone hear what time schedule.is supposed to be announced?

3:00 PM EST

 

[sbjnyc]

The simple way to improve the offside rule is to stop the review of it.

NHL was fine for a century without reviewing it. If you can't say it's offside without zooming in and watching it frame by frame then its way too close to take a goal away because of it.

When a referee misses it the other way, play stops. No way to change that. Shouldn't change the other way either.

A missed call on a blatant offsides gifted the isles their first cup. Offsides and goals are as objective a call as you can get in the NHL so I have no issue with the way things are now. Establishing a threshold for whether something is "blatant" or not adds unnecessary subjectiveness to the process. IMO it works a lot better than replay in the NFL.

 

[Ruggs225]

The simple way to improve the offside rule is to stop the review of it.

NHL was fine for a century without reviewing it. If you can't say it's offside without zooming in and watching it frame by frame then its way too close to take a goal away because of it.

When a referee misses it the other way, play stops. No way to change that. Shouldn't change the other way either.

i agree. It keeps the human element in the game. Mistakes are made, its ok.

plus if there are no mistakes by the refs, who are the fans going to blame for losses. Lol

 

[Ruggs225]

I still think goalies should not be able to freeze the puck without a body part in the crease. That would keep goalies in the crease and keep the game flowing.

that is a rule change i wish they would make.

 

[SA16]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the concept of reviewing offside.

 

[Maximus]

Friggen Rangers can end up being alot better team than they were last year and yet not make the playoffs.

The stinken Patrick-Adams division is absolutely stacked...my lord!

Other than the Devils, a case can be made(yes even Buffalo) that every team in the division has a chance to either make or not make the playoffs...crazy but true!

 

[romba]

I still think goalies should not be able to freeze the puck without a body part in the crease. That would keep goalies in the crease and keep the game flowing.

that is a rule change i wish they would make.

YES. They updated this rule years ago to make it that the goalie can only freeze the puck with opponents nearby. So instead, this is what happens now:

Goalie is 2 feet outside crease and covers puck with no opposition around.
Referee doesn't blow whistle due to rules and no opposing players in the vicinity.
Goalie looks around 'faking' a pass to get the opposing forwards to come closer
4 seconds later an opposing forward begrudgingly obliges and glides over just to get the ref to blow the whistle so the game can proceed.
Break in play follows.

 

[Ruggs225]

Friggen Rangers can end up being alot better team than they were last year and yet not make the playoffs.

The stinken Patrick-Adams division is absolutely stacked...my lord!

Other than the Devils, a case can be made(yes even Buffalo) that every team in the division has a chance to either make or not make the playoffs...crazy but true!

Haha yeah, but nothing wrong with one more high pick if it happens that way.

 

[Ruggs225]

YES. They updated this rule years ago to make it that the goalie can only freeze the puck with opponents nearby. So instead, this is what happens now:

Goalie is 2 feet outside crease and covers puck with no opposition around.
Referee doesn't blow whistle due to rules and no opposing players in the vicinity.
Goalie looks around 'faking' a pass to get the opposing forwards to come closer
4 seconds later an opposing forward begrudgingly obliges and glides over just to get the ref to blow the whistle so the game can proceed.
Break in play follows.

i thought they did a change of something years back but couldnt remember. Thank you for the refresher!

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

I do generally agree that offside review is out of control. Goals are being overturned based on microscopic violations of a rule that had no actual bearing on the play. It has gotten to the point where I barely get excited about goals in the moment because I'm waiting to see if there's going to be a challenge.

While we're shouting at clouds, I also wish the league would go back to touch-up icing and get rid of the over-the-glass delay of game penalty. Treat the latter like icing and do not permit the violating team from taking a line change.

Biggest pet peeve for me is it is Two thousand and freakin 20 and we are talking about sending people to MARS but we still have to have humans decide if a puck completely crossed the goal line. Put a goddamn chip in the puck and ice, or however they do the tennis lines where the ball is flying 290 mph.

 

[patnyrnyg]

3:00 PM EST

Gracias

 

[nyr2k2]

 

[Leetch3]

so back to what was originally believed and no cap space...at least we have everyone signed. lets start camp

 

[sbjnyc]

56 games in 3 4 months with little travel so hopefully back to backs will be kept to a minimum zero.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Ok they released the schedule but where is it? lol

They open against the Islanders and appear to be home games on 1/14 & 16, we know that.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

 

[alkurtz]

Hate to sound like an old-timer here, but back in the days of the Original Six, we played each team 14 times. Every game was a traditional rivalry game. Memories of defeats and hard hits were short. Often we played a team on the road on Saturday and then at home on Sunday. I never got tired of seeing the same teams and players over and over again...it made for some rather intense hockey and better than playing a team in February that you have not seen since the previous year and you look at their roster and go "who are these guys?" The more games against the Isles, Devs, Flyers, etc., the better.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Hate to sound like an old-timer here, but back in the days of the Original Six, we played each team 14 times. Every game was a traditional rivalry game. Memories of defeats and hard hits were short. Often we played a team on the road on Saturday and then at home on Sunday. I never got tired of seeing the same teams and players over and over again...it made for some rather intense hockey and better than playing a team in February that you have not seen since the previous year and you look at their roster and go "who are these guys?" The more games against the Isles, Devs, Flyers, etc., the better.

I'm happy with it for a shortened season, but I do enjoy watching other players from the West that I don't get to see often.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

A few things that stick out:

• 10 home games out of first 15 (F-you circus, you have no power here)
• They aren't all series sets. Single games against the Devils, Caps, Buf, Isles and Philly thrown in between other sets
• Longest "series" is 4 straight games against the Devils - April 13-18
• 6 back-to-back sets
• 32% of season is played on Saturday & Sundays, I'll have to look back but that seems like a bigger share, probably due to MSG's availability.

 

[patnyrnyg]

Friggen Rangers can end up being alot better team than they were last year and yet not make the playoffs.

The stinken Patrick-Adams division is absolutely stacked...my lord!

Other than the Devils, a case can be made(yes even Buffalo) that every team in the division has a chance to either make or not make the playoffs...crazy but true!

I think Columbus and Carolina are both better than Buffalo and Boston. So if anythig, division is easier than it would have been.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

A few things that stick out:

• 10 home games out of first 15 (F-you circus, you have no power here)
• They aren't all series sets. Single games against the Devils, Caps, Buf, Isles and Philly thrown in between other sets
• Longest "series" is 4 straight games against the Devils - April 13-18
• 6 back-to-back sets
• 32% of season is played on Saturday & Sundays, I'll have to look back but that seems like a bigger share, probably due to MSG's availability.

Seems on par, each day is about 15% percent of the week so 32% would make sense.

 

[Maximus]

I think Columbus and Carolina are both better than Buffalo and Boston. So if anythig, division is easier than it would have been.

Carolina I'll buy but Columbus? Sure they'll be a pain in the ass to play against as they always are but Boston is clearly superior to them even with their injury woes and Buffalo should be improved and possibly could make some noise and not be such an easy mark like they've been in the past.

We'll see. Bottom line is the Rangers is division is looking brutal. The only good thing about it is we get to play against the Islanders 8 times and those games alone will be absolute wars even with no fans in the stands for now!!

 

[romba]

Do we know time of the games?