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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Which is all the more reason why it needs to remain at 16 teams. It has been this way for almost 30 years, and in a +30-team League a cutoff at 16 is just about perfect. I see no good reason at all to expand the format, even in the unusual present circumstances.
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Out of curiousity, how would you determine the 16?
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Originally Posted by getbak
Plus, the NHL arenas are designed and equipped with the necessary infrastructure to do major live broadcasts. The camera positions and hook-ups are in place and ready to go.
Even then, they'll probably need to set up production facilities on the arena concourses or somewhere else in the buildings because the regular production trucks don't have enough room to maintain proper distancing. A small arena won't have the extra space they'll need, especially if they decide to have the broadcasters live on-site and not call the games remotely.
That doesn't even factor in standardized boards, glass, and ice-making equipment or the need for NHL-calibre dressing rooms (of which they'll need a minimum of 4 per arena).
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Another big one is lighting - it might be the biggest factor of why lower-level league broadcasts look crappy (of course cheaper cameras and where they are positioned are also an issue, but even if you fixed those it would still look like crap without the best lighting). All of those issues can be resolved at a cost, but keeping expenses low seems imperative to make this work.