Mike wrote on Tue, 07 May 2024 08:43

CrusaderPi wrote on Tue, 07 May 2024 11:37 Mike wrote on Tue, 07 May 2024 06:23 Still not gameday? Nope! The NHL wants all momentum and interest to be reset to zero before firing up again. Because why wouldn't we want the season to drag out into late June? I have no idea why the NHL doesn't start a little earlier to get the season done in May. If they started early enough they could still dither around and be cute with the playoff schedule. June hockey is ridiculous. Seems we have this conversation every year. Personally, I loved summer hockey a couple of years ago. A beer on the deck at the cottage watching the playoffs? Hell yeah. But I understand people who don't love that. But what we do agree on is these stupid delays - EVERY YEAR. Why? For example this upcoming series. People will cite things like arena availability as the main reason. Well there was already a game 7 scheduled in Vancouver against Nashville for Sunday. When the Canucks closed it out Friday, why was the opponent not able to simply change from Predators to Oilers? Same rink, same date. Obviously it was available. Nah - let's just tack on 3 more days, just because

August hockey was great, but that was an... extraordinary circumstance. Year after year, June after June I want to get on with my summer.

I can see the argument where the next round can start in 2 days if the previous went to 7, but that shouldn't happen after 6. I'm fine with that. Not starting tonight is silly. Having 2 game breaks in every series is also silly. Starting games at 7:30 or 8:30 on Sunday nights is silly. Dropping the puck 20 minutes after the start time. They're outsmarting themselves. They make it really hard to follow the playoffs.

Please do not feed the bears. Feeding the bears creates a dependent population unable to survive on their own. Bears.