Pacific Division Playoff Race

[Strange Brew]

I could easily see Nashville losing and Dallas winning tomorrow. That would make things interesting.

[camm13]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

if playoffs started now we would face LA? is the format still 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5?

Example for the west:


Colorado (Central 1) vs Dallas (Wild Card 2)
Min (C2) vs St Louis (C3)
Flames (Pacific 1) vs Nash (W1)
Edm (P2) vs Kings (P3)

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by AC

http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NHL/W...al/Dallas.html

Dallas basically needs to go 4-0 or 3-0-1 to have a real chance of playing us, otherwise we're playing Nashville most likely.

Or if Nashville drops out and goes 1-3-1, they'll play Colorado instead of us.

Dallas plays Seattle, Vegas, Phoenix, Ahaheim all at home...where they are much better

Wouldn't be too shocking for them to win 3 or 4


also that site is all facked up right now...has Dallas at 15% to make the playoffs, Vegas at 96 points

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

And under the old format we'd actually be playing St Louis as Minnesota is ahead of the Flames now. We'd be 3 vs 4.

The Division winners always got the top spots in the rankings under the Conference playoff format (for example, in 1994 there were only 4 Divisions and the Flames had the 4th-best record in the Conference but were the #2 seed because they won their Division and played the #7 seed Canucks).

[BigBrodieFan]

Hey guys, just wanted to congratulate the Flames for being Division winners!! What a kick ass season you have had!!! So excited for y’all in the playoffs!!

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

I could easily see Nashville losing and Dallas winning tomorrow. That would make things interesting.

You called it, it is very interesting now.

[Tsawwassen]

The Kings only need 2 points to clinch 3rd place and the Oilers also need 2 points to clinch 2nd place.

[Goriders]

Dallas Vegas game tues will be huge. Must win for Vegas.

I hope they get destroyed.

[browna]

Re playoff scheduling: Game 1 and 2 day will be interesting. All Canadian teams likely to have home ice.
Now of course long gone are the days of playing every second night no matter what, but with playoffs to technically start next Monday, will be interesting to see how slotted.

Especially because I am sure ESPN and TNT now dictates with a bigger stick in their first years then NBC did...and because of home ice, it's very unlikely any Canadian teams play on home ice the first Saturday night.

My guess is Flames Nashville/Dallas is well down the US and Canadian broadcasters list.
LA Oilers because of LA and Leafs Lighting because of Toronto, will get precendence for networks.

My guess is Flames play M W F Sun for first 4 games.
Leafs and Oilers play T TH Sat Mon

[getbak]

Originally Posted by browna

Re playoff scheduling: Game 1 and 2 day will be interesting. All Canadian teams likely to have home ice.
Now of course long gone are the days of playing every second night no matter what, but with playoffs to technically start next Monday, will be interesting to see how slotted.

Especially because I am sure ESPN and TNT now dictates with a bigger stick in their first years then NBC did...and because of home ice, it's very unlikely any Canadian teams play on home ice the first Saturday night.

My guess is Flames Nashville/Dallas is well down the US and Canadian broadcasters list.
LA Oilers because of LA and Leafs Lighting because of Toronto, will get precendence for networks.

My guess is Flames play M W F Sun for first 4 games.
Leafs and Oilers play T TH Sat Mon

Checking the arena schedules, it looks like there are concerts booked in to both Tampa and LA on Saturday, May 7, but both Dallas and Nashville are open that night.

So, I'd say there's a good chance the Flames will get HNIC that night.


LA also has a concert on Friday, so there will be a two-day break in the Oilers-Kings series when it shifts to LA. Luckily, both the Lakers and Clippers missed the playoffs this year, so the arena is free the rest of the time.



It's nice that Dallas and Nashville aren't big tv draws in the States (nor are LA or Edmonton), so Sportsnet should get priority for scheduling and we shouldn't get stuck with any stupid weekend afternoon games in the first two rounds at least. That was always an additional annoyance of playing Chicago or Detroit in the playoffs.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by getbak

Checking the arena schedules, it looks like there are concerts booked in to both Tampa and LA on Saturday, May 7, but both Dallas and Nashville are open that night.

So, I'd say there's a good chance the Flames will get HNIC that night.


LA also has a concert on Friday, so there will be a two-day break in the Oilers-Kings series when it shifts to LA. Luckily, both the Lakers and Clippers missed the playoffs this year, so the arena is free the rest of the time.



It's nice that Dallas and Nashville aren't big tv draws in the States (nor are LA or Edmonton), so Sportsnet should get priority for scheduling and we shouldn't get stuck with any stupid weekend afternoon games in the first two rounds at least. That was always an additional annoyance of playing Chicago or Detroit in the playoffs.

Just don’t give us Saturday/Sunday afternoon games please.

[Strange Brew]

The guys on 960 seemed quite certain Flames open on the Tuesday.

[UK flame]

Originally Posted by MrMike

Just don’t give us Saturday/Sunday afternoon games please.

For us European based fans this would be amazing, 1 less day to turn nocturnal!

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

The guys on 960 seemed quite certain Flames open on the Tuesday.

Leafs oilers Monday flames Tuesday is what they were saying all week.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Leafs oilers Monday flames Tuesday is what they were saying all week.

Good, hate when we have to play the same day as those two. They get on their McDavid/Matthews gobbling and it runs through the entire night of broadcast. SN taking our intermissions to reflect on McDavid’s points in a loss.

[McG]

Originally Posted by Inferno

Yep, they had a strong finish to the season last year including back to back wins over the Jets with one being 6-1. It didn't matter in the end.

Sure you say this now but that was the closest 4 game sweep ever.

And Nurse got his new contract because of how close it was.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

No, it's divisional.
Top divisional winner (Col) plays 2nd wildcard.
Other divisional winner (Cal) plays 1st wildcard.
2nd & 3rd of each division play each other.

And under the old format we'd actually be playing St Louis as Minnesota is ahead of the Flames now. We'd be 3 vs 4.

why does this site say it's 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5?
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...wild-card-race

I'm very confused

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp

why does this site say it's 1v8 2v7 3v6 4v5?

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...wild-card-race



I'm very confused

Because it's hilariously wrong!

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by D as in David

Because it's hilariously wrong!

lol ok

[AC]

ESPN actually has a good breakdown of the current matchups and their season series:
https://www.espn.com/nhl/playoffs/matchups