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JMC-STL wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:54 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:01 am

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:13 pmWhy does the NBA already have their start date and schedule going but the NHL is all mum?

Come on, you know the answer to that.

Is it because ballers are way cooler than skaters?

CaptSMRT wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 11:16 am

JMC-STL wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:54 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:01 am
Come on, you know the answer to that.

Is it because ballers are way cooler than skaters?

The NBA has its act together far better than the NHL, which is crazy, isn't that why they hired Bettman fifty years ago.

MattyIce wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:13 pm

T.C. wrote: Wed Mar 11, 2020 11:20 am Gritty 2020. There's a candidate I can support.

Gritty is my spirit animal.

Dave's a mess wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:06 am Next season is going to be weird. There are major labor issues going on right now, but assuming they get ironed out, there are some interesting one time division realignment plans being discussed:

I'm not sure if this is more or less competitive than the regular Central division, but for one year I kind of dig the variety.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:11 pmlather my entire body in Blues Red wings in the same division

JMC-STL wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:59 pm

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:11 pmlather my entire body in Blues Red wings in the same division

Seek professional counseling, Dread.

T.C. wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:45 am a "canada" division while all other teams are at least somewhat geographically aligned would be fucking brutal on canadian teams. that travel all the way across the continent for when montreal/ottowa/toronto play vancouver/calgary/edmonton is beyond onerous compared to the in-geo travel in the other divisions. if i were canadian teams, i'd be raising hell at this prospect at the travel costs alone, not to mention stress on people.

between this and the "reverse jersey" program, i think NHL leadership has suffered too many bumps on the ol' noggin. and/or are just plain fucking stupid.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 4:35 pm

JMC-STL wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:59 pm

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:11 pmlather my entire body in Blues Red wings in the same division

Seek professional counseling, Dread.

Isn't that what this place is?

T.C. wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:45 am a "canada" division while all other teams are at least somewhat geographically aligned would be fucking brutal on canadian teams. that travel all the way across the continent for when montreal/ottowa/toronto play vancouver/calgary/edmonton is beyond onerous compared to the in-geo travel in the other divisions. if i were canadian teams, i'd be raising hell at this prospect at the travel costs alone, not to mention stress on people.

between this and the "reverse jersey" program, i think NHL leadership has suffered too many bumps on the ol' noggin. and/or are just plain fucking stupid.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:34 am

T.C. wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:45 am a "canada" division while all other teams are at least somewhat geographically aligned would be fucking brutal on canadian teams. that travel all the way across the continent for when montreal/ottowa/toronto play vancouver/calgary/edmonton is beyond onerous compared to the in-geo travel in the other divisions. if i were canadian teams, i'd be raising hell at this prospect at the travel costs alone, not to mention stress on people.

between this and the "reverse jersey" program, i think NHL leadership has suffered too many bumps on the ol' noggin. and/or are just plain fucking stupid.

I love a good opportunity to bad mouth upper management. I live for it. I majored in it in college. However, I'm pretty sure the canada division is simply out of the fact that players can't freely travel across the border at will during these times.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:34 am

T.C. wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 6:45 am a "canada" division while all other teams are at least somewhat geographically aligned would be fucking brutal on canadian teams. that travel all the way across the continent for when montreal/ottowa/toronto play vancouver/calgary/edmonton is beyond onerous compared to the in-geo travel in the other divisions. if i were canadian teams, i'd be raising hell at this prospect at the travel costs alone, not to mention stress on people.

between this and the "reverse jersey" program, i think NHL leadership has suffered too many bumps on the ol' noggin. and/or are just plain fucking stupid.

I love a good opportunity to bad mouth upper management. I live for it. I majored in it in college. However, I'm pretty sure the canada division is simply out of the fact that players can't freely travel across the border at will during these times.

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:50 am So correct me if I'm wrong(never am), but if the season is hoping to start on January 1st, wouldn't that mean players would need to start showing up for camp in the next, uhm week or two?

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:50 am So correct me if I'm wrong(never am), but if the season is hoping to start on January 1st, wouldn't that mean players would need to start showing up for camp in the next, uhm week or two?

I imagine they'd like to know how much they're going to be paid first.

T.C. wrote: Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:32 am... curious, what does one do with a degree in "fuck upper management"? i may be persuaded to go back to school.

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:44 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am

Dread_Pirate_Westley wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:50 am So correct me if I'm wrong(never am), but if the season is hoping to start on January 1st, wouldn't that mean players would need to start showing up for camp in the next, uhm week or two?

I imagine they'd like to know how much they're going to be paid first.

This is probably a good time to remind everyone that they're going to do whatever it takes to finish the season in early to mid-July since NBC will be broadcasting basically nothing but the Olympics on all of it's networks at this point. Hope nobody was counting on an 82 game season.

MissouriMook wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 11:34 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:44 am

Dave's a mess wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:33 am

I imagine they'd like to know how much they're going to be paid first.

This is probably a good time to remind everyone that they're going to do whatever it takes to finish the season in early to mid-July since NBC will be broadcasting basically nothing but the Olympics on all of it's networks at this point. Hope nobody was counting on an 82 game season.

It might be a little awkward for the players, but I think I would prefer that they delay the start of the regular season by a few more weeks to try to get more of the COVID stuff behind them, finish the regular season in early- to mid-July, take three weeks off for the Olympics, then start into the playoffs after the Olympic Games are over. This would allow them to get 60-70 regular season game in next season and allow for the highest likelihood of having at least some fans in attendance for as many games as possible - good for the players, owners, networks and fans.

They would still award the Cup by late September, have the entry draft, expansion draft and free agency in October, and try to start camps in early November and the 2021-22 season before American Thanksgiving. That would allow them to have a full season the following season and award the Cup in mid-July and get back to more of a regular schedule by the 2022-23 season.

Ozzies09tc wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:24 pmAfter seeing Pietrangelo's new (amazing) house... no amount of money would've had him stay.

I wish him the best except when we play against him, but this tells me he is about the money and not about the team.

JMC-STL wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:30 am

Ozzies09tc wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:24 pmAfter seeing Pietrangelo's new (amazing) house... no amount of money would've had him stay.

I wish him the best except when we play against him, but this tells me he is about the money and not about the team.

That's an extraordinary leap of logic, Oz. I hope you didn't hurt yourself.

Dave's a mess wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:20 am

JMC-STL wrote: Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:30 am

Ozzies09tc wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:24 pmAfter seeing Pietrangelo's new (amazing) house... no amount of money would've had him stay.

I wish him the best except when we play against him, but this tells me he is about the money and not about the team.

That's an extraordinary leap of logic, Oz. I hope you didn't hurt yourself.

Come on JMC, surely Petro couldn't have afforded a nice house in the St. Louis area. In fact, it's amazing he stayed as long as he did and played at a high level, living out of a cardboard box underneath 44.