[GDT] 2020 WC Play-In Round: Calgary Flames (8) vs. Winnipeg Jets (9) Flames 2-1

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Pat Steinberg
@Fan960Steinberg
Internal grid floating around has #Flames and #GoJetsGo playing at these times (mountain):

Game 1 - August 1st, 8:30 pm
Game 2 - August 3rd, 12:30 pm
Game 3 - August 4th, 4:30 pm

Schedule sucks for anyone camping off the grid

[Enoch Root]

all worn unis would get washed after each wear anyway, no? Thus the number of different unis is irrelevant (for laundry - storage may be a different matter)

[Knut]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Schedule sucks for anyone camping off the grid

I will be camping in the basement Saturday to Monday watching as much of the hockey as i can. No Family allowed style camping.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

all worn unis would get washed after each wear anyway, no? Thus the number of different unis is irrelevant (for laundry - storage may be a different matter)

Yeah maybe. Wouldn't be at all surprised if every team is operating in tight quarters for everything.

[djsFlames]

Super weird times. 12:30 is fine, normal sort of matinee start.

8 makes more sense than 8:30, and 5 more than 4:30. But I guess they need a ton of extra time to shift everything around between games. Times will probably normalize in later rounds with less teams and equipment to deal with.

Important question - do we know the rules for play in rounds? Will this be continuous OT or solved in 3 on 3 plus SO?

[TheScorpion]

It will all be continuous OT for the play-ins

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

It will all be continuous OT for the play-ins

Would imagine then all couple late games will get bumped because of OT to the next/later date.

The less evenly matched teams should play earlier

[FlamesAddiction]

If you had Center Ice for the 2019-2020 season and never cancelled, will all the games be covered?

I tried to log in to my account, but it doesn't seem like it is working for me.

[getbak]

The round robin between the top 4 teams will be played with regular season OT and shootouts. The play-in and playoff game will be played with continuous 5-on-5 sudden death with 20 minute OT periods.

McKenzie suggested that on days with 3 games in one city, they'll schedule a round robin game between the 2 play-in games, so that the round robin game can be bumped to a later date if the first play-in game runs extremely long. However, looking at the schedule, it doesn't appear they did that every day. For Game 3 of the Flames-Jets series, the game is the second of 3 games, with play-in games before and after.

I guess they're just going to hope and pray that none of the early games ever go into triple OT.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

If you had Center Ice for the 2019-2020 season and never cancelled, will all the games be covered?

I tried to log in to my account, but it doesn't seem like it is working for me.

It's my understanding (and this may have changed) that in Canada, all the games will be on either CBC or Sportsnet as national broadcasts.

[chedder]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Schedule sucks for anyone camping off the grid

Yup. We'll be at Dinosaur where there's no cell coverage. I hope I can get my second dish and receiver workingfor satellite tv!

[djsFlames]

Makes way more sense for the round robins to be regular season OT rules. Ensures they can only eat up a certain amount of time. They're giving games 4 hour slots it appears. If the RR is the second game then the matinee game can run up to 5 hours while still being able to fit the RR game in and start the late game on time. Seems like it would be the way to go to avoid ####ing the schedule.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Pat Steinberg
@Fan960Steinberg
Internal grid floating around has #Flames and #GoJetsGo playing at these times (mountain):

Game 1 - August 1st, 8:30 pm
Game 2 - August 3rd, 12:30 pm
Game 3 - August 4th, 4:30 pm

Wes Gilbertson @WesGilbertson
Start-times now confirmed for first three games of #Flames-Jets play-in series ...
Aug. 1: 8:30 p.m. MT
Aug. 3: 12:30 pm MT
Aug. 4: 4:45 p.m. MT

[browna]

Back to back games 2 and 3. Not great.

[MrMike]

Do we know the “Home team Away team split? Is it two two one or alternating one-one?

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by browna

Back to back games 2 and 3. Not great.

Does it really matter all that much when both teams have to do it and there is no travel?

[AC]

Originally Posted by browna

Back to back games 2 and 3. Not great.

Does it really matter though as Winnipeg has to play back to back as well?

Flames went 4-4 in the 2nd game of back to backs, Winnipeg went 4-5.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by browna

Back to back games 2 and 3. Not great.

Winnipeg plays the same schedule as we do. Other than Matinee games being our cryptonite let’s hope the first game goes extra long.

[AC]

Originally Posted by MrMike

Do we know the “Home team Away team split? Is it two two one or alternating one-one?

2, 2, 1:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1281727521415925760

Might be best case scenario for the Flames as they're playing on the road technically and were a dominant road team this year, but we still get the advantage of last change I guess?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by AC

2, 2, 1:

Might be best case scenario for the Flames as they're playing on the road technically and were a dominant road team this year, but we still get the advantage of last change I guess?

Agreed. Here are the road-records for both Winnipeg and Calgary:

Calgary — 20-14-3
Winnipeg — 17-14-3