2013 NHL Playoffs Discussion

Kings/Hawks series is gonna be a ton of 2-1, 1-0 games methinks... Bos/Pit... no idea... could go any way...

shabbs wrote:If both series go to 7 games, they end on June 12th.

If it goes that far, the Stanley Cup Final would likely start on Sat. June 15th and end up around the 27th.

Love the back to back SCF, Entry Draft and then Free Agency. BRING ON THE MADNESS!!!!

Wish it could be like this all year round...

And all it took was a lockout and a 48-game compressed schedule. They should do that every year

Dan Seguin, CBC Sports Reporter, with the following Tweet:
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Former #Sens in NHL Final 4: #Kings-none #Blackhawks-Hossa, #Pens-Shero, #Bruins-Chiarelli, Chara, Kelly, Redden, Daugavins, Savard #cbcott
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Spot the errors. I did and I let him know...he has been tweeting since and hasn't fixed his mistake. Shouldn't we expect better from a guy doing this as a professional in our city?

tim1_2 wrote:

Michallica wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So what is your problem with the schedule...that hockey will go on too long?

I don't have a problem per say. I think it's stupid and irrational to cut it so close to the draft. The sheer risk of going past June 30th should have been enough to hurry up the rounds. What you got now is really ridiculous scheduling. Explain the logic in starting both series on the same day or the fact PIT/BOS will have been off for 8 days before they play each other, and then you're forced to mix in back to back games.

Basically I'm opposed to back to back games for any series in the playoffs. Nothing to do with hockey going on too long, its merely unbalanced scheduling and instead of giving yourself some buffer between the draft, you're cutting it really close now. Looks like they'll save themselves but still, they could have done a much better job with the scheduling.

I think they nailed the scheduling for the coming round. No nights without hockey, and a doubleheader on Saturday to kick it off. How is that not awesome?

Also, if the Finals wrap up right before the draft, then, as I mentioned before, there's no downtime for hockey-related happenings!

Explain to me why we need a buffer between the finals and the draft.

Ok well I did already tell you that they need a general buffer (why does anybody ever need a buffer?) around the draft date since scheduling can be tricky for the finals, but I'll bite.

Many teams conduct interviews 1 or 2 days before the draft in the draft city with prospects. You're possibly taking this time away from 2 GMs involved in the SCF. Whether it's significant or not isn't the question, and I get the scouting staff can pick up the slack, but the priniciple is that you are affecting a team's process. Anyways that's the smallest reason I can think of for a buffer.

Bigger reasons? For the nhl this is a major fail. They get minimal time to promote the draft when they’re smack in the middle of the cup finals. The cup victory itself is short-lived since 2 days later, everyone is preparing for the draft. Look at how NBA and NFL do their drafts. That’s the model NHL also wants to follow now, making it a 1 day draft only. It’s an exhausting race to the finish line this time for the NHL and they’re better served leaving some gap in between the cup finals and the draft. I'm not speaking from a fan's perspective, I'm talking about just terrible planning on the part of the NHL. There's a reason there is always a gap between draft and SCF/NBA finals. My point is they could have still made up some of that gap, yet the NHL didn't.

Now draft and free agency day, I don’t give a damn about that. I love those two being so close to each other.

tim1_2 wrote:Dan Seguin, CBC Sports Reporter, with the following Tweet:
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Former #Sens in NHL Final 4: #Kings-none #Blackhawks-Hossa, #Pens-Shero, #Bruins-Chiarelli, Chara, Kelly, Redden, Daugavins, Savard #cbcott
---

Spot the errors. I did and I let him know...he has been tweeting since and hasn't fixed his mistake. Shouldn't we expect better from a guy doing this as a professional in our city?

Savard?

EDIT: had to look it up. Ray Emery. He can be forgiven for that one. But Savard???

Savard, yeah. Would have forgotten Emery. What did Shero do with us?

Michallica wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Michallica wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:So what is your problem with the schedule...that hockey will go on too long?

I don't have a problem per say. I think it's stupid and irrational to cut it so close to the draft. The sheer risk of going past June 30th should have been enough to hurry up the rounds. What you got now is really ridiculous scheduling. Explain the logic in starting both series on the same day or the fact PIT/BOS will have been off for 8 days before they play each other, and then you're forced to mix in back to back games.

Basically I'm opposed to back to back games for any series in the playoffs. Nothing to do with hockey going on too long, its merely unbalanced scheduling and instead of giving yourself some buffer between the draft, you're cutting it really close now. Looks like they'll save themselves but still, they could have done a much better job with the scheduling.

I think they nailed the scheduling for the coming round. No nights without hockey, and a doubleheader on Saturday to kick it off. How is that not awesome?

Also, if the Finals wrap up right before the draft, then, as I mentioned before, there's no downtime for hockey-related happenings!

Explain to me why we need a buffer between the finals and the draft.

Ok well I did already tell you that they need a general buffer (why does anybody ever need a buffer?) around the draft date since scheduling can be tricky for the finals, but I'll bite.

Many teams conduct interviews 1 or 2 days before the draft in the draft city with prospects. You're possibly taking this time away from 2 GMs involved in the SCF. Whether it's significant or not isn't the question, and I get the scouting staff can pick up the slack, but the priniciple is that you are affecting a team's process. Anyways that's the smallest reason I can think of for a buffer.

Bigger reasons? For the nhl this is a major fail. They get minimal time to promote the draft when they’re smack in the middle of the cup finals. The cup victory itself is short-lived since 2 days later, everyone is preparing for the draft. Look at how NBA and NFL do their drafts. That’s the model NHL also wants to follow now, making it a 1 day draft only. It’s an exhausting race to the finish line this time for the NHL and they’re better served leaving some gap in between the cup finals and the draft. I'm not speaking from a fan's perspective, I'm talking about just terrible planning on the part of the NHL. There's a reason there is always a gap between draft and SCF/NBA finals. My point is they could have still made up some of that gap, yet the NHL didn't.

Now draft and free agency day, I don’t give a damn about that. I love those two being so close to each other.

The thing is that the majority of people don't care about the NHL draft since they are 18 year olds being drafted who may or may not actually make it one day, whereas the NFL and NBA drafts are men being drafted at 22+ years old who WILL make it for sure, for the most part, and play next year (first rounders).

True. That's why it's a lot more subdued, less glamorous than the NBA/NFL drafts. That said, why make yourself smaller than you already are?

Think about this for a second: the nhl trade deadline day will likely have gotten more publicity and promotion than the NHL draft. I don't care as a fan, but in principle, that's just wroooong

Michallica wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:Dan Seguin, CBC Sports Reporter, with the following Tweet:
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Former #Sens in NHL Final 4: #Kings-none #Blackhawks-Hossa, #Pens-Shero, #Bruins-Chiarelli, Chara, Kelly, Redden, Daugavins, Savard #cbcott
---

Spot the errors. I did and I let him know...he has been tweeting since and hasn't fixed his mistake. Shouldn't we expect better from a guy doing this as a professional in our city?

Savard?

EDIT: had to look it up. Ray Emery. He can be forgiven for that one. But Savard???

Yeah. Emery stuck out to me too...yeah, he's the backup goalie, but...Seguin is a 'professional' and should at least be expected to double-check his facts before tweeting them out to the world. This is the kind of hack job I would expect from a Sun writer!

How did he miss Emery. Would have been nice to have Savard as a Sen... don't recall him ever playing for us...

No hockey for 2 days... what am I going to do?

sandysensfan wrote:No hockey for 2 days... what am I going to do?

I KNOW! I watched some Cussing basketball last night for Diddle's sake! MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cmon People, it's freaking 30 freaking sun shining degrees C outside!

LeKing wrote:Cmon People, it's freaking 30 freaking sun shining degrees C outside!

It wasn't last night at 10pm when I was watching basketball with my eyes half-shut.

tim1_2 wrote:

LeKing wrote:Cmon People, it's freaking 30 freaking sun shining degrees C outside!

It wasn't last night at 10pm when I was watching basketball with my eyes half-shut.

I was watching that too, except I love Basketball

LeKing wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

LeKing wrote:Cmon People, it's freaking 30 freaking sun shining degrees C outside!

It wasn't last night at 10pm when I was watching basketball with my eyes half-shut.

I was watching that too, except I love Basketball

I knew there was something wrong with you.

tim1_2 wrote:

LeKing wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

LeKing wrote:Cmon People, it's freaking 30 freaking sun shining degrees C outside!

It wasn't last night at 10pm when I was watching basketball with my eyes half-shut.

I was watching that too, except I love Basketball

I knew there was something wrong with you.

Nothing wrong in loving the 2nd most played sport in the world

Most of the world is stupid. Fact.