The best team would still win the championship, playing in the conference finals vs the Stanley cup finals doesn't matter. typical brainless boomer conversation.
real quick… BECAUSE OF TRAVEL TIMES jesus the whole reason divisions were setup was for travel reasons. this idiot bettman changed it all so much that toronto and fking FLORIDA are somehow sharing a division. such a dumb dumb league…
The NBA had this discussion about a decade ago, the problem is that you’d have islanders rangers in the first round but you’d have LA vs Florida potentially and the travel would suck for those teams in a 7-game series, and then Florida or LA would have to travel to Canada potentially for the next round.
Not really fair to some of the teams with the travel
First place team should get to pick their opponent (playoff teams obviously) . Why would a team like Vancouver want to play say Florida, when Edmonton is way less travel. Perhaps you pick a team that is full of injuries .
Why not just cancel the President's Trophy and award the Stanley Cup to the top team after 82 games? Surely 82 games is a large enough sample size to determine who the best team is.
Guys, you know the answers. This is a boneheaded conversation. Much ado about nothing. Why don't we just get rid of all divisions and all conferences. All of them. A league of 32 teams and that's it. In fact, how about teams in Hawaii, Alaska, and Yukon too. I heard Iqaluit is a hockey hotbed! Morons.
Shut up Boomer! Running out of topics to talk about cause your Flames are out. Why not have top 8 worst team that didn’t make the playoffs have a non sense worst team playoffs. Team that gets the least score in a game moves on and who ever ends up the worst, actually gets to pick 1st.
1979-80: With the addition of four WHA clubs, the NHL expands its playoffs to include 16 of 21 teams. The four top divisional teams automatically earned playoff berths. The top remaining 12 regular-season teams also earned berths. All 16 teams were pooled and ranked 1 to 16 based on record to play best-of-five series. Series A: 1 vs. 16 Series B: 2 vs. 15 Series C: 3 vs. 14 Series D: 4 vs. 13 Series E: 5 vs. 12 Series F: 6 vs. 11 Series G: 7 vs. 10 Series H: 8 vs. 9
Its part of the game, you play most of your season against your conference. So rivalries are better, you might be the best in your conference but you have a hard time against the teaching that barely made the playoff… all teams have to deal with the travelling, prove yourself. Also, if you make them travel from the first round, they will be more tire, more chance of getting Hurt. Lots of variable come into play with why they do it that way.
I like 1 vs 16 but if that happened the next thing is people will not want conferences. A team with 82 points in 1 conference doesn't make it but a team with 74 points does make it and people go on about that next.
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Yes please. Ever since they changed the format the playoffs havent been as exciting. The best series usually isnt the cup final which it should be.
May be set up for the usa east because canadian teams go just about everywhere
They fly in a private jet direct to location…sleeping the entire way.
Doesn’t seem like sleeping in their own beds has helped the rangers too much 😂
I think you play one team in a series so no you’re not bouncing around😂😂
Because it's not about who's best, is about what configuration pulls the biggest audiences
U mean winnipeg jets
This is beyond stupid. If you’re the best team, prove it on the ice.
The best team would still win the championship, playing in the conference finals vs the Stanley cup finals doesn't matter. typical brainless boomer conversation.
Flames fans ,ain't ever banging on all cylinders!!
real quick… BECAUSE OF TRAVEL TIMES jesus the whole reason divisions were setup was for travel reasons. this idiot bettman changed it all so much that toronto and fking FLORIDA are somehow sharing a division. such a dumb dumb league…
The NBA had this discussion about a decade ago, the problem is that you’d have islanders rangers in the first round but you’d have LA vs Florida potentially and the travel would suck for those teams in a 7-game series, and then Florida or LA would have to travel to Canada potentially for the next round.
Not really fair to some of the teams with the travel
Simple answer is owners spend less.
At that point there should be all teams playing each other an equal amount of gamaes and eliminate all divisions
I agree
First place team should get to pick their opponent (playoff teams obviously) . Why would a team like Vancouver want to play say Florida, when Edmonton is way less travel. Perhaps you pick a team that is full of injuries .
What a stupid idea
It's never the best 2 teams. This is just a dumb conversation
It’s okay Calgary isn’t in the PlayOffs anyways 😬
Why is it AFC vs NFC in the Superbowl? Why is it American League vs National League in the World Series?
I like the way it is… gets more rivalry games than if you had a bunch of eastern teams playing western teams
Doesn’t this match up occur in the semi-finals?
Nobody said it's the two best teams – it's the best team from the East vs the best team from the West.
Why not just cancel the President's Trophy and award the Stanley Cup to the top team after 82 games? Surely 82 games is a large enough sample size to determine who the best team is.
Why is a Flames channel talking about playoffs?
Guys, you know the answers. This is a boneheaded conversation. Much ado about nothing.
Why don't we just get rid of all divisions and all conferences. All of them. A league of 32 teams and that's it. In fact, how about teams in Hawaii, Alaska, and Yukon too. I heard Iqaluit is a hockey hotbed!
Morons.
Shut up Boomer! Running out of topics to talk about cause your Flames are out. Why not have top 8 worst team that didn’t make the playoffs have a non sense worst team playoffs. Team that gets the least score in a game moves on and who ever ends up the worst, actually gets to pick 1st.
1979-80: With the addition of four WHA clubs, the NHL expands its playoffs to include 16 of 21 teams. The four top divisional teams automatically earned playoff berths. The top remaining 12 regular-season teams also earned berths. All 16 teams were pooled and ranked 1 to 16 based on record to play best-of-five series.
Series A: 1 vs. 16
Series B: 2 vs. 15
Series C: 3 vs. 14
Series D: 4 vs. 13
Series E: 5 vs. 12
Series F: 6 vs. 11
Series G: 7 vs. 10
Series H: 8 vs. 9
Its part of the game, you play most of your season against your conference. So rivalries are better, you might be the best in your conference but you have a hard time against the teaching that barely made the playoff… all teams have to deal with the travelling, prove yourself. Also, if you make them travel from the first round, they will be more tire, more chance of getting Hurt. Lots of variable come into play with why they do it that way.
TV. Are you going to stay up for. 10pm start of Kings vs Leafs?
YES
😂
terrible takes that’s why nobody watches ur podcast
Yeah, it'd be cool to try it out for a few years.
Its the dance. The east should dance like west does. Break up east vs west final and have 1-16 format. Been saying this since i was a kid.
"Nightmarish travel" – on a charter flight with catered meals while staying in hotel suites as millionaires. That's impossible. What a curse.
Because the islanders will never be in a final as long as we're alive, regardless of the format
This is a hot garbage take from a hot garbage franchise supporters 😂
You people really need to get a life. Why does it have to be? Because that's the way the league is, if you want to start your own league, go ahead
I like 1 vs 16 but if that happened the next thing is people will not want conferences. A team with 82 points in 1 conference doesn't make it but a team with 74 points does make it and people go on about that next.
1-16 would be amazing
That can go for every sport
What an idiot