The Vegas Golden Knights' first home game will be a preseason affair hosting the Kings on September 26th at 7pm local. That will be almost as cool as the first regular season home game.
Golden Knights preseason schedule is interesting. 4 straight away games, then 4 straight home games leading into what I would assume/hope would be a nationally televised game for their season/franchise opener at home.
If that game isn't on NBCSN in the US and Sportsnet in Canada I'll be pissed.
I never even knew the Hockey World Cup existed until last year. Is there going to be another tournament this year, or is it on hold due to the Olympics this Winter?
I never even knew the Hockey World Cup existed until last year. Is there going to be another tournament this year, or is it on hold due to the Olympics this Winter?
The plan is to hold it every 4 years, like other "world cup" type tournaments. So next one is scheduled for 2020. You know, right before the next lockout will probably start. Exactly what happened in 2004.
I just got brought into a new platform to support, which unfortunately comes with a shit load of acronyms. Today, we were discussing CCM and I had to interrupt to ask if we were talking about hockey equipment, because I was totally lost.
While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
I never even knew the Hockey World Cup existed until last year. Is there going to be another tournament this year, or is it on hold due to the Olympics this Winter?
The plan is to hold it every 4 years, like other "world cup" type tournaments. So next one is scheduled for 2020. You know, right before the next lockout will probably start. Exactly what happened in 2004.
But, every year, there is ALSO an IIHF World Championship for hockey.
It's basically a runners up event for the stanley cup finals. Once you are eliminated from the finals, you have a chance to go there and win that instead.
Sweden won this year with a roster including Henrik Lundqvist, Anton Stralman, Victor Hedman, Gabriel Landeskog, Oliver Ekman-Larson, Nicklas Backstrom, etc...
I never even knew the Hockey World Cup existed until last year. Is there going to be another tournament this year, or is it on hold due to the Olympics this Winter?
Just an idle thought:
Shorten the season by ~20 games
Top 6 seeds get in as usual
Add 2 wild card spots at the bottom of both brackets
All of the teams that don't make the top seed play a best 2 of 3 (or maybe round robin soccer style) losers tourney for those last spots
Just an idle thought:
Shorten the season by ~20 games
Top 6 seeds get in as usual
Add 2 wild card spots at the bottom of both brackets
All of the teams that don't make the top seed play a best 2 of 3 (or maybe round robin soccer style) losers tourney for those last spots
What would the other 12 teams that made it do while the mini-tourney is going on?
While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
Just an idle thought:
Shorten the season by ~20 games
Top 6 seeds get in as usual
Add 2 wild card spots at the bottom of both brackets
All of the teams that don't make the top seed play a best 2 of 3 (or maybe round robin soccer style) losers tourney for those last spots
What would the other 12 teams that made it do while the mini-tourney is going on?
Just an idle thought:
Shorten the season by ~20 games
Top 6 seeds get in as usual
Add 2 wild card spots at the bottom of both brackets
All of the teams that don't make the top seed play a best 2 of 3 (or maybe round robin soccer style) losers tourney for those last spots
What would the other 12 teams that made it do while the mini-tourney is going on?
Get a well-needed rest?
That reminds me too much of the playoff bye weeks in the NFL, which I absolutely hate. One of the great things about the NHL playoffs is that every single team that makes it into the playoffs has an equal chance as everyone else to win. For example, Nashville being the 16th seed and lost partly because the refs sucked (I stress "partly"). Giving out bye weeks puts everyone else at a disadvantage. The penalty for being a wildcard should be playing what is supposed the best team remaining. The reward for being first or second is to play the worst teams remaining.
While I agree that being insensitive is an issue, so is being oversensitive.
I never even knew the Hockey World Cup existed until last year. Is there going to be another tournament this year, or is it on hold due to the Olympics this Winter?
Used to be the Canada Cup, right?
Correct. It was held on a regular basis, though not an exact schedule (77, 81, 84, 87, 91). It became the World cup in 1996, but then wasn't held again until 2004 because the NHL started going to the Olympics in 1998. The World Cup 2004 final game was held the day before the lockout that wiped out the 04/05 season began. It wasn't resurrected until 2016, and the only reason it's a thing is because it's an NHL event, not a true "world hockey" event, so it's a way for the NHL and the NHLPA to make more money.
Essentially, this is why the NHL doesn't like the olympics. They can make money with their own World Cup event. They make no money off the Olympics.
Yeah the lag time might make it untenable, but I feel like they could have a single bye week and then start the regular playoffs besides it. idk. The point is to have it be a short brutal fight for those last 2 seats. So maybe a round robin would work best. Something like how it works in world cup soccer. But I find the 2 of 3 fierceness more compelling story-wise.
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what if they reduce the season by 82 games, and then make the playoffs 82 games long, and instead of half the league making the playoffs, just have the whole league make the playoffs
think of the viewership
we all know those "oh i only watch during the playoffs" people
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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I am going to miss him. A lot. He was always one of my favourites, and these last two years have proven why. I don't say this about many celebrities in any field, but he genuinely seems like a good person.
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what if they reduce the season by 82 games, and then make the playoffs 82 games long, and instead of half the league making the playoffs, just have the whole league make the playoffs
think of the viewership
we all know those "oh i only watch during the playoffs" people
Well people always bitch about the regular season not mattering and it also being too long, so I was just musing on it.
For reals though the regular season has far too many games for anyone to give a shit about every single one of them. You get to a point where your team is playing Carolina for the 5th time and you just stop caring.
I am going to miss him. A lot. He was always one of my favourites, and these last two years have proven why. I don't say this about many celebrities in any field, but he genuinely seems like a good person.
Yeah, it's looking like Vegas is a sure thing. Word is his wife was looking at houses.
I am going to miss him. A lot. He was always one of my favourites, and these last two years have proven why. I don't say this about many celebrities in any field, but he genuinely seems like a good person.
Yeah, it's looking like Vegas is a sure thing. Word is his wife was looking at houses.
Which I don't really get.
I mean, Vegas isn't looking at really competing in the first few years. Why take on 5.75mil goalie that is probably in decline based on age, instead of taking whichever of the defense men that isn't protected (Maatta, Cole, Schultz, Dumoulin)
And, I mean, sure, MAF is probably better than taking Maatta, but Maatta probably still has value since he had that good rookie year, and then won two cups.
Or, Bryan Rust or Scott Wilson, not going to protect both of them, and they both got ~30 points in mostly third or forth line minutes
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maybe vegas wants MAF to be the tom berenger to their charlie sheen
I am going to miss him. A lot. He was always one of my favourites, and these last two years have proven why. I don't say this about many celebrities in any field, but he genuinely seems like a good person.
Yeah, it's looking like Vegas is a sure thing. Word is his wife was looking at houses.
Which I don't really get.
I mean, Vegas isn't looking at really competing in the first few years. Why take on 5.75mil goalie that is probably in decline based on age, instead of taking whichever of the defense men that isn't protected (Maatta, Cole, Schultz, Dumoulin)
And, I mean, sure, MAF is probably better than taking Maatta, but Maatta probably still has value since he had that good rookie year, and then won two cups.
Or, Bryan Rust or Scott Wilson, not going to protect both of them, and they both got ~30 points in mostly third or forth line minutes
Trade him at the deadline next year for young talent?
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I hope he has a short, successful career somewhere else, and then comes back to retire as a Penguin and is kept on as a goalie coach or something.
Good lord, tibia? that seems like a really bad idea. I've had a broken fibula, and putting weight on that hurt like hell!
Another amazing Players Tribune article.
Golden Knights preseason schedule is interesting. 4 straight away games, then 4 straight home games leading into what I would assume/hope would be a nationally televised game for their season/franchise opener at home.
If that game isn't on NBCSN in the US and Sportsnet in Canada I'll be pissed.
If it makes you feel any better, if you include preseason, there's only something like 2-2.5 months in the year, without hockey.
Yeah, Darling's story is basically an inspirational sports movie.
Shit, I know that's not going to happen.
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The plan is to hold it every 4 years, like other "world cup" type tournaments. So next one is scheduled for 2020. You know, right before the next lockout will probably start. Exactly what happened in 2004.
But, every year, there is ALSO an IIHF World Championship for hockey.
It's basically a runners up event for the stanley cup finals. Once you are eliminated from the finals, you have a chance to go there and win that instead.
Sweden won this year with a roster including Henrik Lundqvist, Anton Stralman, Victor Hedman, Gabriel Landeskog, Oliver Ekman-Larson, Nicklas Backstrom, etc...
Used to be the Canada Cup, right?
Shorten the season by ~20 games
Top 6 seeds get in as usual
Add 2 wild card spots at the bottom of both brackets
All of the teams that don't make the top seed play a best 2 of 3 (or maybe round robin soccer style) losers tourney for those last spots
Get a well-needed rest?
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Correct. It was held on a regular basis, though not an exact schedule (77, 81, 84, 87, 91). It became the World cup in 1996, but then wasn't held again until 2004 because the NHL started going to the Olympics in 1998. The World Cup 2004 final game was held the day before the lockout that wiped out the 04/05 season began. It wasn't resurrected until 2016, and the only reason it's a thing is because it's an NHL event, not a true "world hockey" event, so it's a way for the NHL and the NHLPA to make more money.
Essentially, this is why the NHL doesn't like the olympics. They can make money with their own World Cup event. They make no money off the Olympics.
think of the viewership
we all know those "oh i only watch during the playoffs" people
Marc-Andre....
I am going to miss him. A lot. He was always one of my favourites, and these last two years have proven why. I don't say this about many celebrities in any field, but he genuinely seems like a good person.
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Well people always bitch about the regular season not mattering and it also being too long, so I was just musing on it.
Yeah, it's looking like Vegas is a sure thing. Word is his wife was looking at houses.
Which I don't really get.
I mean, Vegas isn't looking at really competing in the first few years. Why take on 5.75mil goalie that is probably in decline based on age, instead of taking whichever of the defense men that isn't protected (Maatta, Cole, Schultz, Dumoulin)
And, I mean, sure, MAF is probably better than taking Maatta, but Maatta probably still has value since he had that good rookie year, and then won two cups.
Or, Bryan Rust or Scott Wilson, not going to protect both of them, and they both got ~30 points in mostly third or forth line minutes
whoever that would be i dunno
Trade him at the deadline next year for young talent?
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Malcom Subban?
Full list of protected players:
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-releases-list-players-protected-vegas-expansion-draft/
Still has a lot of potential and the Bruins and him aren't on that great of terms