But they already do- plus 20 more games on top of that!This would be impractical without a balanced schedule, which is impractical in itself because of how large the geographic footprint of the league is.
Imagine the travel involved if you had each team play 62 games (one game at home and one game away against all 31 other teams in the league).![]()
Did a team you dislike go further than you wanted? Then they beat bad teams.I just saw a poster claim LA was weak, a team that finished 4th overall in the conference.
I see many people claim various teams, divisions, or one of the conferences is weak and that is why Team X got through to the proceeding rounds.
If a 4th place team is weak, what is not weak? I'm especially intrigued by this given the RS standings see teams spread by 10 wins or so from 1 to 8 and 2 or 3 when we're taking about two or three seeds apart.
So I am really curious as to what renders a team weak in the eyes of those who like to throw that term around.
I've noticed that pattern.Did a team you dislike go further than you wanted? Then they beat bad teams.
It’s that simple on HF
Is there any team that doesn't have a weakness re: roster?LA is weak as a playoff team because they are weak down the middle. And lack several key core players.
Is there any team that doesn't have a weakness re: roster?
Not sure that question applies. Bottom line is this: there are certain players that if the opponent has and you don’t, it will lose you at least 1-2 games per series. LA is missing all of them. Playoffs aren’t about regular season records as the playoff-style game is very different than the regular season game. Playoffs are about matchups.Is there any team that doesn't have a weakness re: roster?
Then what are the RS games about?Not sure that question applies. Bottom line is this: there are certain players that if the opponent has and you don’t, it will lose you at least 1-2 games per series. LA is missing all of them. Playoffs aren’t about regular season records as the playoff-style game is very different than the regular season game. Playoffs are about matchups.
Doing what you want to do while trying to beat the other team at what they're trying to do. The playoffs are more about stopping the other team from doing what they're trying to do.Then what are the RS games about?
(Not trying to be a smart ass, just enjoying the convo)
Doing what you want to do while trying to beat the other team at what they're trying to do.
The playoffs are more about stopping the other team from doing what they're trying to do.
No, your thing just has to be better than their thing.Isn't the preceding the same as the proceedings part? In order to beat tgr other team at what they're trying to do don't you have to stop them from doing what they're trying to do?
I think you can easily add Vegas to that list as well, especially if you go back to the 2018 playoffs and look at the current "expansion era" of Vegas/Seattle. Won the cup, been to the finals, and two conference finals appearances. Pretty good, especially for an expansion team, even with the favourable draft rules they were given.Playoff game after playoff game.
Series after series.
Round one after round one.
There is an HF trope that there is a Stanley Cup champ and 31 losers. So SJ and Edmonton were tied last year for instance.
I don't subscribe to that. Ive posted the top playoff teams in the 2020s and Dallas is absolutely on that list. 6 teams are well ahead of the rest .. Tampa, Edmonton, Florida, Dallas, AVS and canes.
Not sure that question applies. Bottom line is this: there are certain players that if the opponent has and you don’t, it will lose you at least 1-2 games per series. LA is missing all of them. Playoffs aren’t about regular season records as the playoff-style game is very different than the regular season game. Playoffs are about matchups.
Didn't Seattle have the exact same draft rules and have missed the PO three times in 4 seasons?I think you can easily add Vegas to that list as well, especially if you go back to the 2018 playoffs and look at the current "expansion era" of Vegas/Seattle. Won the cup, been to the finals, and two conference finals appearances. Pretty good, especially for an expansion team, even with the favourable draft rules they were given.
What is tier S?There's another thread to rank all the eliminated / non finals teams from this years playoffs, and quite a few people have the leafs above many of these 6-7 teams. It's hilarious.
Regular season results matter, in the sense that it determines the playoff bracket, and points provide an easy and simple numerical way to rank teams, but playoff success (including deep runs not resulting in a cup) absoultely indicates who the tier S teams are, compared to the rest.
100 percent I forgot Vegas. My bad.lolI think you can easily add Vegas to that list as well, especially if you go back to the 2018 playoffs and look at the current "expansion era" of Vegas/Seattle. Won the cup, been to the finals, and two conference finals appearances. Pretty good, especially for an expansion team, even with the favourable draft rules they were given.
There's another thread to rank all the eliminated / non finals teams from this years playoffs, and quite a few people have the leafs above many of these 6-7 teams. It's hilarious.
Regular season results matter, in the sense that it determines the playoff bracket, and points provide an easy and simple numerical way to rank teams, but playoff success (including deep runs not resulting in a cup) absoultely indicates who the tier S teams are, compared to the rest.