darksabre Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm looking at our schedule and I feel like we play an inordinate amount of games against the West this year. Did something change with the NHL schedule formatting? I don't remember ever being this buried in Western Conference games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 It hasn't changed. It's been like this since the realignment. They just spaced the games out like morons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted November 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 It hasn't changed. It's been like this since the realignment. They just spaced the games out like morons The tank did a number on me. This seriously started two seasons ago? I feel like we play the West way too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsb Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 The tank did a number on me. This seriously started two seasons ago? I feel like we play the West way too much. Well on the bright side we're done with 3 of the top 4 teams in the West already and it's still November. Very weird scheduling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Funny thing is, we still play Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, LA, and Arizona in our next 7 (Detroit is the other 2) Poopy, poopy scheduling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 The tank did a number on me. This seriously started two seasons ago? I feel like we play the West way too much. H&H w/ everyone is too much? That's historically been 1 of the great things about NHL hockey - you get a chance to see every player in the league in your barn every year. (They got away from it for a while, but it's back and it should be.) Not that anyone wanted to see the Bucs play the Bills in Buffalo, but it took ~25 years for them to play in Buffalo. That's just stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJFIVEOH Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 15 western conference games in a 21 game span? WTH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huckleberry Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 Funny thing is, we still play Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, LA, and Arizona in our next 7 (Detroit is the other 2) Poopy, poopy scheduling If we can get enough points from those, I can see us making a run for the playoffs starting in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted November 29, 2015 Report Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) They must rise to the challenge, and must grow in the face of adversity. Edited November 29, 2015 by SiZzlEmeIsTEr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 They must rise to the challenge, and must grow in the face of adversity. Yes, this. Personally I think they exceeded expectations in November. Tomorrow's game against Detroit should be exciting. Since we won't see Jack v. Connor right away, a matchup between Eich and Dylan Larkin is pretty much the next best thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Funny thing is, we still play Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, LA, and Arizona in our next 7 (Detroit is the other 2) Poopy, poopy scheduling It's not poopy scheduling. The general populace does not care about November/December games. Football is dominating people's minds. The NHL is getting the cross-country games out of the way early so that they can have the focus of the second half of the season on conference/divisional play (except for Tampa.. I can't explain that). In the second half, when people are interested in hockey more, they will be presented with games that have more meaning in the standings and probably carry a bit more animosity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 It's not poopy scheduling. The general populace does not care about November/December games. Football is dominating people's minds. The NHL is getting the cross-country games out of the way early so that they can have the focus of the second half of the season on conference/divisional play (except for Tampa.. I can't explain that). In the second half, when people are interested in hockey more, they will be presented with games that have more meaning in the standings and probably carry a bit more animosity. You give the NHL Brass more credit than I am willing to. I wouldn't doubt their logic is *get the long road trips out of the way before the weather turns bad*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 It's not poopy scheduling. The general populace does not care about November/December games. Football is dominating people's minds. The NHL is getting the cross-country games out of the way early so that they can have the focus of the second half of the season on conference/divisional play (except for Tampa.. I can't explain that). In the second half, when people are interested in hockey more, they will be presented with games that have more meaning in the standings and probably carry a bit more animosity. It is poopy scheduling, even though the point you make is very true. You should evenly spread these matchups over the course of a full season in order to even out any effects of injuries or team development. What if in the month stretch that we played TB a ton they had Stamkos and then he gets a season ending injury this week? Other eastern teams get a much easier opponent than the TB we saw. These events are mitigated if we play teams evenly throughout the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) It's not poopy scheduling. The general populace does not care about November/December games. Football is dominating people's minds. The NHL is getting the cross-country games out of the way early so that they can have the focus of the second half of the season on conference/divisional play (except for Tampa.. I can't explain that). In the second half, when people are interested in hockey more, they will be presented with games that have more meaning in the standings and probably carry a bit more animosity. Nope. The NFL plays 4 days a week, so the NHL can't put on good games the other 3? And, if we're trying so hard to avoid the NFL, why are we playing a Sunday night game, the same exact time SNF is on, against the Oilers, in what was supposed to show case the two best rookie prospects since Malkin faced Ovie? The Bills and Sabres have both played on the same nights, on the only two prime time games the Bills have. And the point of cross-conference games is to showcase all of the talent the NHL has, not to bury it away when "Football is dominating people's minds" Edited November 30, 2015 by WildCard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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