LabattBlue Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Between games 1 and games 7 there are 8 "off/travel" days in the Pit v. Car series and 9 "off/travel" days in the Det v. Chi series. No wonder the playoffs go halfway into June. There should be no "off/travel" days when there are back to back home games and one "off/travel" day when going from city to city. What a joke. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 It could be worse. It could be the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Dance Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Between games 1 and games 7 there are 8 "off/travel" days in the Pit v. Car series and 9 "off/travel" days in the Det v. Chi series. No wonder the playoffs go halfway into June. There should be no "off/travel" days when there are back to back home games and one "off/travel" day when going from city to city. What a joke. :angry: You are correct - that is why the Cup playoffs seem to go on forever. If I recall correctly, back in the day (like the 60's, 70's and maybe even into the 80's...), they did exactly that. There were no days off between two games in the same city and just one travel day when switching cities. Of course hockey now vies for arena space with concerts and other non-sporting events, the NHL caters to TV scheduling (Eastern and Western conferences playing games on alternate days, afternoon games on weekends), etc. Of course, they could always go back to the infamous 2-3-2 format. (Actually, I always thought that format favored the team with three games in a row at home; steal a road win in Game 1 or 2 and then sweep the series at home.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpandean Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 I wouldn't have a problem cutting the number of off days down in the earlier rounds and having only one off day between games (travel or not) in the conference finals. That way, in the CF round, there is a game every night: EC, WC, EC, WC ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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