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Re: NHL Season Suspended [message #757808 is a reply to message #757792 ]	Fri, 13 March 2020 10:50

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Here is what I would do for the NHL.

All the teams have over 10 games left. So that's over 3 weeks of games. There is only so much pushing back you can do because you need an offseason not just for teams to do business like the draft and free agency but for players to recover. The playoffs are critical to the NHL as it showcases their game and is BIG money makers and gate money still has a big time impact on the NHL bottom line unlike other leagues. If the players are going to be away from the game for weeks, it's unrealistic for them not to at least have a week to skate and get going again. So you have to consider the league games are gone. So to figure out the playoffs, I would do this if I was Commish.

If you are in the top 3 of your division when the season ended, you are in the playoffs. If you look at the standings, most of the top 3 teams in all divisions are fairly safe to make it. Even the Oilers would have to completely imploded and other teams go on a crazy run for them not to make the playoffs in some position. Teams that are close in points might complain about seeding if they are close. So if there is more than 1 point separation between teams, you hold your spot. So Boston 100, Tampa 92, Toronto 81. Stay the same. St. Louis 94, Colorado 92, Dallas 82, stay. Vegas 86, Oilers 83, Calgary 79. Stay.
For the Metro. Wash 90, Philly 89, Pens 86. Pens stay in 3rd. Wash & Philly have a 1 game playoff in Washington because they were first at the time. Philly wins in regulation, they get first. They don't, stays the same.

For the Wild card, have a mini tournament. Take the 2 wildcard teams plus the 2 next closest. Have the first wildcard play the 4th team, the second play the 3rd. It's a 2 game, total goals tournament. I picked 2 games because that makes it so each team gets 1 home game so they aren't complaining. Most goals wins. The NHL doesn't have ties so it will work as every team has a winner.

It works well for the West. Win 80, Van 78, Nash 78, Minn 77. The next team is Arizona at 74. There is just too many points between Arizona and any of the teams to justify having them in.

For the East. Carolina 81, Columbus 81, Islanders 80, Rangers 79, Florida 78. Then it drops to the Habs at 71. So Florida will complain. I would do a 1 game between Rangers and Florida. Florida wins in regulation they are in the mini tournament. They don't sorry. Then whoever wins between the Rangers/Florida are in the wildcard tournament.

This allows all the teams who realistically are in the hunt, meaning within a couple of points, to have the chance to make the playoffs. Their destiny is in their hands. Win and you are in. For any teams who are technically mathematically still in but need to go on an insane winning streak and have another team hit the skids, sorry about your luck. As an example. Arizona currently trails Vancouver by 4 points but Vancouver has a game in hand. To make it, the Yotes have to win most of their games and have all of Vancouver, Nashville and Minnie hit the skids. Could it happen? Sure. Will it? Very, Very unlikely.

It's not perfect, I am sure some teams will complain but in reality, there is no perfect system. In all likelihood, the teams that are in the top 3 spots now would be the teams there if they played 82 and the wildcard teams that are there now, probably are going to be there in the end. If they played the full 82, maybe you see the last wildcard spot team different. At this time of the year if you aren't already holding a spot or at most 1-2 points out, you most likely are not making it. The NHL has designed things so that teams stay close and once you get behind, it's extremely hard to make up points. There is just too much parity.

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