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Re: NHL Season Suspended [message #757784 is a reply to message #757782 ]	Thu, 12 March 2020 18:11

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Rattimus wrote on Thu, 12 March 2020 15:52

For what it's worth, it sounds like the preferred plan for the NHL is:

- the season ended yesterday with the WPG vs EDM game.

- the standings will be based on points percentage to date to determine who makes the playoffs, since some teams have played as few as 68 games, some as many as 71. This is horrible news for WPG as they are 0.001 (.563 vs .564) behind the Flamers, and WPG loses their playoff spot if this all goes down this way. The 'Nucks jump into a 1st round matchup with us, the Flames drop into the 2nd WC spot and play STL. Colorado still plays Dallas, and Vegas would end up playing Nashville. I didn't look at the eastern conference, was mostly just curious who we'd end up playing.

- playoffs would start if possible on time in April. This seems unlikely considering current events. They could delay the start a couple weeks and still play 4 round of 7-game series, but beyond this they have to seriously consider the consequences of pushing the SCF into mid or late July, that messes with the draft, free agency, next season's training camps, etc, so for my money I'd be shocked if they pushed it much past July 15th, if that.

- if the playoffs don't start on time, they could consider many alternate formats: 3-game series, 5-game series, that sort of thing. Could be even like baseball with shorter series in the early rounds and a 7-game for the Cup. Could also consider what some Euro leagues are doing now and having a round-robin where the playoff teams all play each other twice, and then the best records match up for the Cup.... which seems brutal and crappy compared to the real SCP, but hey, better than nothing for us playoff-deprived Oilers fans, right?

This is all based on an Athletic article about this today, I'm certainly not claiming this is how it will be, but it seems like a logical approach.

The percentage ranking is probably the best way, otherwise you can't equalize a shortened schedule to any logical outcome. sucks for the Oilers because they've had all their road games already,luckily they are up top.

NHL can't mess with the 7 game format otherwise it becomes even more of an *asterisk* type Stanley Cup. If required, I'd say just televise empty games, refund the ticket holders.

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