Weave Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Zamboni said: Hell, I would vote for shrinking the playoffs 1st round best of three 2nd round best of five 3rd and finals best of seven I would also vote for either bringing back ties, or have OT until someone scores like it is in the playoffs. Fire the shootouts into the sun. I hate a skills competition deciding games. Always have. But that’s just me. Old school. I know they changed it because of 1st rd upsets with 3 game series. To me, thats a feature, not a bug. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irregularly irregular Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Zamboni said: Hell, I would vote for shrinking the playoffs 1st round best of three 2nd round best of five 3rd and finals best of seven I would also vote for either bringing back ties, or have OT until someone scores like it is in the playoffs. Fire the shootouts into the sun. I hate a skills competition deciding games. Always have. But that’s just me. Absolutely agree with this. Some games should not be worth 2 points while others are worth 3 points. Play hockey during an overtime period and if tied after that, kiss your sister and take your 1 point while the opposition does the same. So simple and easy but the NHL can't figure it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Zamboni said: Hell, I would vote for shrinking the playoffs 1st round best of three 2nd round best of five 3rd and finals best of seven I would also vote for either bringing back ties, or have OT until someone scores like it is in the playoffs. Fire the shootouts into the sun. I hate a skills competition deciding games. Always have. But that’s just me. I’d shoot you into the sun if you meddled with the playoff rounds. 4x7 is a beautifully brutal race to see whose team is the best and can stay the healthiest. No other playoff in pro sports is as incredible to watch as the NHL playoffs in no small part due to how it is. I’d go back to 1-8 seeding though. 1/2 division leaders and 3-8 being merely standings order. NHL playoff hockey is perfect, the first two rounds are crazy speed and skill with players flying around hitting people. By Round 3 they get worn down, and thus are forced to strategize far more against their opponent and we start to see heroes emerge. The guy playing with the broken wrist, or the random healthy scratch all season that magically pops up in the later rounds and makes a huge impact due to his freshness. The strategic game to game, period to period situations that pop up. 4x7 is what allows hockey’s champion to truly be a team accomplishment. Because depth is required in order to succeed; you can’t win with merely 3 super stars and some duct tape. In Football, a team can literally luck their way to a Super Bowl if given the right circumstances via injuries and environment. It’s merely 3 games. A great hockey team with crippling injuries can still win a series because theres 4 to 7 games worth of strategy and situations. It’s honestly part of what I love about hockey; it’s not just super teams and garbage or driven by about 3 key positions to decide relevance. In any other league except probably baseball, Edmonton would be a juggernaut with their two league leading scorers at the helm. But they aren’t, because hockey isn’t decided by any one player but rather the entire team. I don’t hate shootouts, would certainly look at 10mil 3v3 as a better option to cut down on shootouts. Utterly despise ties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 A study done many years ago noted that a team that goes up wins game 5 wins a best-of-seven series that is tied 2-2 wins the series something like 80% of the time. And it is well over 90% for a 3-1 leads and all but 2 series for 3-0 leads. The reason the NHL went way from best-of-3 for finals was the failure of the 1929-30 Bruins. The reason for best of 7 was the success of the 1937-8 Chicago Black Hawks. Now, both teams want the guaranteed 2 home games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Make regulation wins worth three points. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 This is such a weird drill including the goalies shooting. Crowd not feeling it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 He’s right 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABRES 0311 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, Thorny said: He’s right Yes. No more shootouts or three on three in the regular season too. You play five on five until someone wins. If that only gives you twelve hours until the next game then you should have won sooner. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) The skill events where they nonchalantly fumble the puck down the ice and proceed to not try to actually score on the G don’t work and are cringe. Don’t showcase much of anything. Gotta stick with drills like 3 point shot in nba where players will actually try to win and they’ll be impressive doing so This dunk tank thing is fine. Players actually shooting for the targets Edited February 4, 2023 by Thorny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Thorny said: The skill events where they nonchalantly fumble the puck down the ice and proceed to not try to actually score on the G don’t work and are cringe. Don’t showcase much of anything. Gotta stick with drills like 3 point shot in nba where players will actually try to win and they’ll be impressive doing so This dunk tank thing is fine. Players actually shooting for the targets I'm surprised they don't do a commercial after every shot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABRES 0311 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 All Star Skills Competition sucks. Spent the last 15 minutes watching guys shoot at surf boards. Can’t wait for the No try defense of a meaningless All Star game. Whoever comes up with this stuff stopped caring a long time ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, SABRES 0311 said: All Star Skills Competition sucks. Spent the last 15 minutes watching guys shoot at surf boards. Can’t wait for the No try defense of a meaningless All Star game. Whoever comes up with this stuff stopped caring a long time ago. The beach stuff is what’s worked the most for me so far. Looked liked the guys were actually having fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) This is going to be 4 hours long. Edited February 4, 2023 by LGR4GM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 McDavid needs to get a bigger cheer than that, I’m sorry. Dude is the best ambassador for the game and it’s most important player. There should be buzz there it’s just crickets 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Just now, Thorny said: McDavid needs to get a bigger cheer than that, I’m sorry. Dude is the best ambassador for the game and it’s most important player. There should be buzz there it’s just crickets Florida sucks for an All Star game. ... would be cool to see Rasmus Dahlin do something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Draisaitl embarrasses himself in accuracy shooting. Sorry Leon even the all star skills isn’t the cake job playing with McDavid is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Really sucks Tage isn't there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Dude is so much better than anyone. Wanted to win accuracy shooting this year instead of fastest skater so he did it 4 for 4 under 10 seconds for CM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorny Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Lol god bless the nhl for trying to capitalize on the popularity of a movie from 1996 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 I can't do anymore. This has 4000000000 commercials and then like 1 player doing a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Made it 9 minutes b4 a commercial... it was a miracle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewookie1 Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Besides McDavid and Ovi Jr it has sucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalonill Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 I dont know why you all are complaining did you miss the last 6 all star games? You knew what you're getting into dont act surprised 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 12 hours ago, SABRES 0311 said: Yes. No more shootouts or three on three in the regular season too. You play five on five until someone wins. If that only gives you twelve hours until the next game then you should have won sooner. You had me until the OT in the regular season part. Give me back ties in the regular season. I like the idea that has been tossed around here for some time and @Hank just posted it yesterday ... a football style scoring system where the winner gets 3 points and 1 point each for a tie at the end of regulation. No OT and no shootout monsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickshaw Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 The NHL will NEVER go to 3 for a win and 1 for a tie. They love the compact standings they have now. “Teams had a chance at playoffs right until the very end” is the spin. 3 point wins can separate the standings so much that fans will see the big point spread and they fear loss of interest. The NHL sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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