Official 2019-20 NHL Regular Season Thread

[MikelArteta]

Being an asthmatic with Covid-19 is a scary situation. I’m praying for him

just saw that
yeah man having asthma and covid is a woat combination

 

[K-Apps]

Hockey players are “humble” brehs



EDIT: Clown makes bs apology statement

 

[THEREALBRAND]

Great to see Georges doing better


I’ve lost count of how many stories I’ve heard about people being sent home from the hospital, because doctors didn’t think they had Covid-19 only for them to die later. Georges is really lucky man.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

 

[THEREALBRAND]

“You get a playoff spot, you get a playoff spot, everybody gets a playoff spot.”

You’d have to feel like s#it if you ended up being one of the teams that doesn’t make it in

 

[Regular_P]

“You get a playoff spot, you get a playoff spot, everybody gets a playoff spot.”

You’d have to feel like s#it if you ended up being one of the teams that doesn’t make it in

As long as the Canucks make the playoffs.

 

[MikelArteta]

“You get a playoff spot, you get a playoff spot, everybody gets a playoff spot.”

You’d have to feel like s#it if you ended up being one of the teams that doesn’t make it in

Ottawa

 

[El Guapo]

24 teams? fukk it, it’s a weird year so it deserves a weird ending

 

[K-Apps]

Love that and scummy hockey culture and that the narrative that hockey players are the most humble athletes is getting destroyed.

EDIT: that heat

 

[BucciMane]

If they are letting 24 teams in, then the Bruins better get a BYE for two rounds..

I will win at least $20,000 if the Bruins win the Stanley Cup this year, and now they want four more spots in each conference?.

 

[MikelArteta]

Love that and scummy hockey culture and that the narrative that hockey players are the most humble athletes is getting destroyed.

EDIT: that heat

old white men controlling the narrative. I don't even think there is a female ref
only reason they do that gay ish in nhl is becasue of brian burke gay son who died

 

[THEREALBRAND]

“They won’t let us go to the Olympics so we won’t get injured, but they want to keep the NHL season running in these times. If we kept playing, our sport would be swimming against the current a bit.

“Money is money, it’s what currently makes the world go round,” Gudas added. “It’s a bit sad that they are willing to risk the health of so many players for money.”

“I don’t think players would manage to stay holed up in a hotel room the whole summer,” Gudas said. “That’s a step into one’s personal freedom. You can focus on yourself and your family in the summer. Even though everyone spent the last two, three months home, I still think staying in some hotel room all summer is just the right way to end up with depression.”


Gudas was also concerned about how quickly COVID-19 would spread among players if only one player contracted it.

“If one guy is infected, basically the whole league has it in a week, given how they are planning to have everyone play against everyone,” he said. “One stupid stumble and you can cancel it all again.”

He makes some really good points

 

[K-Apps]

Be cowards instead of making easy PR statements brehs

 

[THEREALBRAND]

If they are letting 24 teams in, then the Bruins better get a BYE for two rounds..

I will win at least $20,000 if the Bruins win the Stanley Cup this year, and now they want four more spots in each conference?.

Looks like the top four teams in each Conference would get a first round bye under the latest proposal.

Sources: NHL discussing 24-team, conference-based playoff format
The playoffs would be conference-based and would remain bracketed, replacing the divisional wild-card format the league has used since 2013. The top four seeds, as determined by their standings points percentage when the regular season was paused, would receive byes through a round of best-of-five play-in series that would feature seeds 5 through 12.

The proposed format also would have the top four seeds participating in a three-game tournament during the play-in round, thereby alleviating concerns from top teams that they could be rusty and facing sharper teams coming off first-round games. It hasn't been determined if the mini-tournament among the top four conference teams will have an impact on seeding.

After the opening round, the No. 4 seed in each conference would face the winner of the matchup between the Nos. 5 and 12 seeds, with the No. 3 seed meeting the winner of the 6-11 matchup. The No. 2 seed would play the winner of the play-in series between the Nos. 7 and 10 seeds, with the conference's top seed awaiting the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 series.

Under the proposed format, the seeding and play-in series would be as follows:

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Top seeds: Boston Bruins (1), Tampa Bay Lightning (2), Washington Capitals (3), Philadelphia Flyers (4)


Play-in series: Pittsburgh Penguins (5) vs. Montreal Canadiens (12), Carolina Hurricanes(6) vs. New York Rangers (11), New York Islanders (7) vs. Florida Panthers (10), Toronto Maple Leafs (8) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (9)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Top seeds: St. Louis Blues (1), Colorado Avalanche (2), Vegas Golden Knights (3), Dallas Stars (4)

Play-in series: Edmonton Oilers (5) vs. Chicago Blackhawks (12), Nashville Predators(6) vs. Arizona Coyotes (11), Vancouver Canucks (7) vs. Minnesota Wild (10), Calgary Flames (8) vs. Winnipeg Jets (9)

Expanding the Stanley Cup playoffs from 16 to 24 teams has been favored by the NHL as an equitable solution for teams that were near the playoff bubble when the season was paused. For example, just four points separated the now-11th-seeded Coyotes from the final wild-card spot, and they had 12 games remaining in the season.

Sources: NHL mulling conference-based playoffs

 

[THEREALBRAND]

The NHLPA’s executive board is voting on the 24 team playoff, the first real step to restarting the league. The results are expected by tonight.


Edit: The first step is done, the NHLPA agreed on the 24 team playoff format. They still have to come to an agreement on other details about coming back.