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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Not Flames specific, but the NHL needs to find consistency between the regular season and playoffs.
Being a top team for 82 games has to mean more and having to build 2 different types of teams to succeed in the season vs playoffs is stupid.
No other league or sport operates this way.
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This has really been frustrating me as a fan the last couple seasons. I hate that I have no idea what will be or won't be a penalty in the regular season or playoffs anymore.
And hate that like clockwork you know when the team trailing will have a penalty called against them late in a close game.
Way too much game management from the refs in the regular season & playoffs. In the regular season there is so much inconsistency and they tend to miss the big calls and call chincy stuff. In the playoffs they will go through stretches where they won't call it even if you murder someone, but then call a late even up type call.
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Maybe the season should be shortened as well so teams can be in that do or die mode all the time and build teams appropriately.
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This is off topic but once the league goes to 32 teams with 16 per conference you could get rid of divisions and expand playoffs if you wanted to.
Go to a 62 game regular season - every team plays a home and away game against another team so it's a balanced schedule for all teams in the league.
Then actually celebrate your regular season title champions - make it a big deal that over a 62 game schedule, that is balanced for all teams, you were the best team in the league. Draft positioning would also be based on the 62 game schedule.
Then after that 62 game schedule you go to a full 32 team tournament for the Stanley Cup with 1 vs 16 seeding in each conference.
Would never happen since teams would only be guaranteed 33 home games instead of 41 and they wouldn't want to give up 8 guaranteed home dates but I think that would be a fun structure, and the first two rounds of the playoffs would be really exciting with the potential for lots of awesome stories.