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NHLTIM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:03 pm I'd prefer the NHL just stay the course and don't change a thing. If they end the season, then they just do the lottery by in order of the standings at the time they cancel the season.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 5:26 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:03 pm I'd prefer the NHL just stay the course and don't change a thing. If they end the season, then they just do the lottery by in order of the standings at the time they cancel the season.

You’ll be singing a different tune when the Blues win the #1 pick and trade it for Travis Konecny

NHLTIM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:03 pm I'd prefer the NHL just stay the course and don't change a thing. If they end the season, then they just do the lottery by in order of the standings at the time they cancel the season.

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:14 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:03 pm I'd prefer the NHL just stay the course and don't change a thing. If they end the season, then they just do the lottery by in order of the standings at the time they cancel the season.

That makes the most sense, and my first instinct was to agree, BUT...this would be a great opportunity for the NHL to do something weird. For a franchise that has been spurned by the whims of fate for so long, it'd be nice for something odd to happen that actually benefits the Blues. Since the Blues have what..the second or third best points percentage right now, any change from the norm would almost have to benefit us. LET'S GET WEIRD!!!

Of course I don't have a real suggestion. If this comes to pass, I have months to come up with something though.

Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:16 pm The Blues twitter feed is doing a live stream of an NHL 20 simulation of tonight's "would have been" game against the Caps. The good news is that we're up 5-0 in the second. Even better, Robert Thomas just decisively won a fight.

MattyIce wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:57 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:14 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:03 pm I'd prefer the NHL just stay the course and don't change a thing. If they end the season, then they just do the lottery by in order of the standings at the time they cancel the season.

That makes the most sense, and my first instinct was to agree, BUT...this would be a great opportunity for the NHL to do something weird. For a franchise that has been spurned by the whims of fate for so long, it'd be nice for something odd to happen that actually benefits the Blues. Since the Blues have what..the second or third best points percentage right now, any change from the norm would almost have to benefit us. LET'S GET WEIRD!!!

Of course I don't have a real suggestion. If this comes to pass, I have months to come up with something though.

I'm with you. In my mind, I was imagining a March Madness style tournament. One game, winner moves on. You just have to crown a champion in my eyes. The Blues deserve a shot to repeat and the rest of the league has played so much of this season, that they deserve a shot to win the Cup.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:20 pm

MattyIce wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:57 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:14 pm

That makes the most sense, and my first instinct was to agree, BUT...this would be a great opportunity for the NHL to do something weird. For a franchise that has been spurned by the whims of fate for so long, it'd be nice for something odd to happen that actually benefits the Blues. Since the Blues have what..the second or third best points percentage right now, any change from the norm would almost have to benefit us. LET'S GET WEIRD!!!

Of course I don't have a real suggestion. If this comes to pass, I have months to come up with something though.

I'm with you. In my mind, I was imagining a March Madness style tournament. One game, winner moves on. You just have to crown a champion in my eyes. The Blues deserve a shot to repeat and the rest of the league has played so much of this season, that they deserve a shot to win the Cup.

No point of crowning a champion that no one will recognize as a champion, led by myself. The Stanley Cup trophy is not a gimmick.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:19 pm

Dave's a mess wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:16 pm The Blues twitter feed is doing a live stream of an NHL 20 simulation of tonight's "would have been" game against the Caps. The good news is that we're up 5-0 in the second. Even better, Robert Thomas just decisively won a fight.

We're all living in a simulation

MattyIce wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:57 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:14 pm

NHLTIM wrote: Mon Mar 23, 2020 2:03 pm I'd prefer the NHL just stay the course and don't change a thing. If they end the season, then they just do the lottery by in order of the standings at the time they cancel the season.

That makes the most sense, and my first instinct was to agree, BUT...this would be a great opportunity for the NHL to do something weird. For a franchise that has been spurned by the whims of fate for so long, it'd be nice for something odd to happen that actually benefits the Blues. Since the Blues have what..the second or third best points percentage right now, any change from the norm would almost have to benefit us. LET'S GET WEIRD!!!

Of course I don't have a real suggestion. If this comes to pass, I have months to come up with something though.

I'm with you. In my mind, I was imagining a March Madness style tournament. One game, winner moves on. You just have to crown a champion in my eyes. The Blues deserve a shot to repeat and the rest of the league has played so much of this season, that they deserve a shot to win the Cup.

MattyIce wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:01 pmI think another option is just to whittle the playoff field down. Blues vs Avs - Oilers vs Knights - Bruins vs Lightning - Capitals vs Flyers. The top two teams from each division. Just completely skip the first round. Division winners play for the conference, conference winners play for the Cup.

MattyIce wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:01 pm

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:20 pm

MattyIce wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 6:57 am

I'm with you. In my mind, I was imagining a March Madness style tournament. One game, winner moves on. You just have to crown a champion in my eyes. The Blues deserve a shot to repeat and the rest of the league has played so much of this season, that they deserve a shot to win the Cup.

No point of crowning a champion that no one will recognize as a champion, led by myself. The Stanley Cup trophy is not a gimmick.

I think another option is just to whittle the playoff field down. Blues vs Avs - Oilers vs Knights - Bruins vs Lightning - Capitals vs Flyers. The top two teams from each division. Just completely skip the first round. Division winners play for the conference, conference winners play for the Cup.

Oates2Hullie450 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:23 am I'm just surprised that this virus didnt break out last year and fuck us out of our first Cup. The curse was off by a year.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:46 am What if Tom Stillman marries Petro? That way he could pay him a minimum salary to circumvent the cap but as his spouse give him money on the back end. Is there a rule in place against this?

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:46 am What if Tom Stillman marries Petro? That way he could pay him a minimum salary to circumvent the cap but as his spouse give him money on the back end. Is there a rule in place against this?

Oates2Hullie450 wrote: Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:23 am I'm just surprised that this virus didnt break out last year and fuck us out of our first Cup. The curse was off by a year.