Stanley Cup: Florida Panthers [ATL1] vs Edmonton Oilers [PAC2] - Florida wins 4-3

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

I was wondering that myself. I would personally prefer to get there early and settle in. Having said that, I am whatever the opposite is of a high performance athlete. Maybe one less day in an uncomfortable hotel bed eating restaurant food is preferable.

Delayed travel lets Barkov heal better.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Panthers chose to stay a day later at home. May have been a misstep but given this how most nights are in the regular season without 3 days off, I'm betting they'll be fine.

Everybody keeps saying "3 days off". It's not 3 days off.

[Toonage]

3 days without a game then.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Toonage

3 days without a game then.

Lol, it's 2 days without a game.

No game on Tuesday and no game on Wednesday.

(it's not just you, even the media is saying it).

[Toonage]

Nope. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

They play Thursday night. Thats 3 days.

Technically correct, the best kind of correct yadda yadda

[jayswin]

Yeah, that threw me off, too, I kept reading "three days off" or "three days between games" from CP posters here and couldn't believe the NHL was doing that. Then I actually looked at the schedule and saw it was two days off between games when changing cities.

They've always done that.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Nope. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

They play Thursday night.

Thursday is game day. Thursday is therefore not a day without a game.

The way you're counting it, unless it's an afternoon game, every day is a day without a game. It doesn't work that way.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Nope. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

They play Thursday night. Thats 3 days.

Technically correct, the best kind of correct yadda yadda

You're wrong. The only kind of wrong.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Toonage

Nope. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

They play Thursday night. Thats 3 days.

Technically correct, the best kind of correct yadda yadda

What? Not that's not correct. If they play on Monday and they play on Thursday, then Tuesday, Wednesday are the two days off. You can't count a game day as a day off, that's silly.

[Toonage]

All fair points. Not the hill I'm going to die on.

[FanIn80]

It's two days between games, but it's also three days since the last game.

[CKPThunder]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Yeah, that threw me off, too, I kept reading "three days off" or "three days between games" from CP posters here and couldn't believe the NHL was doing that. Then I actually looked at the schedule and saw it was two days off between games when changing cities.

They've always done that.

They have always done this? Is this just for the finals?

I remember the Flames playing the Lightning nearly every other night during that series.

I remember the days of back to back games in the earlier rounds. I always thought two off days between games was usually due to scheduling conflicts or TV conflicts (NBA etc...)

Didn't realize they always did this recently.

[CaptainCrunch]

Staples is just losing his mind on X with his whining about the refs, its actually sad.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Staples is just losing his mind on X with his whining about the refs, its actually sad.

It worked against Dallas and really it's the only card they have to play (also the only hope they have of winning by the looks of it).

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by CKPThunder

They have always done this? Is this just for the finals?

I remember the Flames playing the Lightning nearly every other night during that series.

I remember the days of back to back games in the earlier rounds. I always thought two off days between games was usually due to scheduling conflicts or TV conflicts (NBA etc...)

Didn't realize they always did this recently.

2004 CGY/TBL (Distance between Tampa and Calgary: 2,777.6 mi)
May 25: G1
May 26: Rest
May 27: G2
May 28: Travel
May 29: G3
May 30: Rest
May 31: G4
June 1: Travel/Rest
June 2: Travel/Rest
June 3: G5
June 4: Travel
June 5: G6
June 6: Travel
June 7: G7


2024 vs EDM/FLA (Distance between Sunrise and Edmonton: 2,993.8 mi)
June 8: G1
June 9: Rest
June 10: G2
June 11: Travel/Rest
June 12: Travel/Rest
June 13: G3
June 14: Rest
June 15: G4
June 16: Travel/Rest
June 17: Travel/Rest
June 18: G5
June 19: Travel/Rest
June 20: Travel/Rest
June 21: G6
June 22: Travel/Rest
June 23: Travel/Rest
June 24: G7

[Paulie Walnuts]

Having 2 days between games, why did the Panthers not travel yesterday as well?

Is this a team thing or NHL. To me it seems like an NHL thing.

[woolymammoth]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

2004 vs TBL

May 25: G1
May 26: Rest
May 27: G2
May 28: Travel
May 29: G3
May 30: Rest
May 31: G4
June 1: Travel
June 2: Rest
June 3: G5
June 4: Travel
June 5: G6
June 6: Travel
June 7: G7

2004 - 2024: Rest

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Having 2 days between games, why did the Panthers not travel yesterday as well?

The Oilers had the choice of spending an extra night in Florida or at home, and chose home.

The Panthers had the choice of spending an extra night at home or in Edmonton, and not being insane, they also chose home.

[midniteowl]

Of course Panthers would choose to spend extra night at home, Oilers, especially McDiver probably wants to get back to his booze as soon as possible so he can drown his sorrow.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Yeah, that threw me off, too, I kept reading "three days off" or "three days between games" from CP posters here and couldn't believe the NHL was doing that. Then I actually looked at the schedule and saw it was two days off between games when changing cities.

They've always done that.

They have not always done that.

2019 and 2023 mostly followed it. 2021 and 2022 only had one day off between games.

The previous years had some games with one day off and others with two days off between games when they switched cities. Sometimes there were two days off between games in the same city, followed by one day off when they switched cities. There is no specific template that they've used for every SCF.