I don’t think it’s necessarily a disadvantage. Sometimes playing the night before is better than coming off 3 days rest. And like I said, it’s like an extra B2B every 2 months or so, not really a game breaker. You can make an argument in any sport about competitive disadvantage.
I think the Canes have the most because they want more home games later in the season. Which makes sense.
Are the players complaining? In your scenario do all the roofers work the same hours?
Well said my good man!
I believe all teams have certain preferences that the league tries to accommodate, the Leafs like playing at home Saturdays for example. Arenas are also used for other events so making a schedule is really complicated, and there is no way that it will be ever fair for everyone in any given season. That's just life, the choice is either getting on with life or pointless whining.
We thought the Leafs wanted home games on HNIC, but they only have one more home game than road game on Saturday.
I'm not sure the Leafs would really have much preference at all. Their bigger concern would be maximizing arena usage with the highest revenue-generating events possible. That may not always be Leafs games. For instance, it may be that high-profile concerts produce better one-night revenue than random Leafs game. It would be interesting information to know. I think the one certainty is that no team in any professional sport makes schedule suggestions with the hope of winning more games - it's all done with an eye to maximizing revenue.
Hang a 'for sale' sign around his neck and be done with him.
A 9-6 December is about as good as one could expect. Anything above 500 in January puts them in a great spot.
Do you think because Sportsnet talks up how good Brock Nelson is that Lou know thinks he will get more? Lou has a price in mind regardless of what sportsnet says. I disagree with these kind of takes that the media causes players value to go up.
I’m not sure if the players are complaining. Just seems silly to think an extra back to back game every 2 months or so is something to complain about.
Hmm, interesting. It feels like most seasons we have many more Saturday home games so maybe this season is an anomaly, but I could be wrong. I vaguely remember reading many years ago that every team gets to pick one night they prefer, and they do their best to work with that. And IIRC, Chicago for example prefers Sunday nights but I would assume that Saturday is the preferred option for many other teams.
I’m not complaining, either. Wondering who approved the schedule, and why? B2B create schedule losses.
I’ve noticed the Saturday schedule was bad last year and seems worse this year. Maybe management wants to reduce the number of “hyped” games because they perform so poorly in those.
I am guessing the 4 nations tournament has thrown everything for a loop. I haven’t paid attention to years past, but it seems more condensed this year
I’m sure that’s part of it. Everyone has a bad schedule and a lot of games are hard to watch.
