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Hate the way the NHL has their playoff system. Go back to 1vs 8 2 vs 7 and so on
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Would an idiot do that?
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Yeah, never understood their logic of wanting to force playoff rivalries with this format... watching the Oilers and Kings in the first round for the 15th year in a row isn't making it more intense, it makes it kind of boring. And then when you have a stronger division, you can easily see a Finals contender get knocked out in the first round when it's two 105+ point teams going at it.
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I get why they like it in general. It just sucks when the Central division has been such a powerhouse in recent years.
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It’s not 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7 etc? Why?
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The Blues deciding they've had enough of this shit and stepping on Utahs throat tonight has been fun. ****ing sucks that they ended up gacking the 1st wild card slot but even 4 games of playoff hockey is better than none.
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Would an idiot do that?
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If you're a repeat offender who tries to decapitate someone, you get to rest one game before the playoffs start and uh, think about what you did...
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Had Shanahan still been in the room and that had happened to a Red Wing, Nurse would've gotten 10 games for it. And things aren't much better now. The NHL still just feels like a league that wants to be self-contained and make decisions based on their gut. There's just too much money involved for that shit these days.
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Would an idiot do that?
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If hiring a goon to make these decisions wasn't enough, how the hell could anyone in the front offices look at a suspension like this and think.... he won't do that again, huge win for player safety, LFG! And I've seen people blame the NHLPA... they agree to the policy and if they don't care enough to demand long suspensions and so forth, then why should fans care. I'm sure some players care a lot more than others, then I'm sure there are trust issues with giving the league the green light to hand out lengthy and/or playoff suspensions and then it backfires after a bang-bang play. ....but I dunno, how hard is it to look at that cross check to the head while dude is on the ice and the play is over and say maybe we don't want that shit in the game. ![]()
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Blues/Jets followed by Avalanche/Stars on Saturday night to kickoff the playoffs...
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And just for side bet...
Devils vs Stars |
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I haven't watched the Knights much, but I know in the past couple seasons they finally have some scoring... not that it seemed to matter much when they were going deep into the playoffs with three 3rd lines and a 4th.
The Caps are tough... I somehow managed to watch quite a few of their games and it seemed like every game they'd have some 2-4 goal spurt in a matter of like 5 minutes. Everything seems to be working for them this season and I don't think anyone expected it.
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