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.
They followed it from 2015 to 2019 and got away from it in Covid. For a few years they would take 2 days off after game 1 and game 4 but only one day between the rest.
Consistency would be nice. I don't mind the current format of 2 days off between games where they travel between cities. Having only 1 day off between games for the entire playoffs and no big gaps between series would be ideal though. Unfortunately the buildings are multi use facilities and they have other events booked to work around too.
I hope this makes the Panthers take the law into their own hands. Might be time to dress Lomberg, you know he would love to get in to become a human missile.
Do it smart, wait till the 3rd if the game is decided and come in to take out McDavid or Drai with a flying knee or Superman elbow.
You know, teach the league to do their f'n job or #### is going to get out of hand.
No, you wait until you are up by 3-4 goals in the Cup clinching game. Don't risk the series but you are right, they need to send the league a message. I wouldn't target McDavid, he had nothing to do with it. Have a guy like Bennett try and take Draisaitl's head off. The only way to bring change with this league is to force them into it.
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After going undrafted, Rodrigues has played for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche before arriving in Florida this season.
And in doing so, he has been a teammate of some of the game’s top players, with Jack Eichel in Buffalo and Sidney Crosby in Pittsburgh and Nathan MacKinnon in Colorado and, now, Aleksander Barkov in Florida.
He is asked what he has taken from the centers, learned from them in his time around them.
“Honestly, the work habits. The competitiveness,” he said. “All these guys hate to lose. Like, they hate to lose. They may show it in different ways, some may be more -- the word 'theatrical' comes to my mind -- maybe more vocal about it. But down deep when you know ... they’re usually the most angry guy, whether they hold it in or whether they express it, usually the most angry guy in the room.
“I think that drive, the hating to lose, the wanting to be great, really drives them. I think it’s definitely a big quality to have in an elite player.”
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So who is the most theatrical? It’s not Barkov, is it?
This is where Rodrigues starts laughing. This is where he clams up.
“That’s all I’ll give you,” he says. “It’s not him. That’s all I’ll give you.”
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“All of them, they’re not the loudest guys in the room, but they all know when to speak up and it’s almost like they pick their spots,” Rodrigues said. “They don’t have to be yelling or motivating all the time, but when they do speak up, it’s almost like a shock to you. You get quiet and you’re like, ok, we’ve got to listen.
“I think they all have that in common. Obviously, all different people, but that extent of hardest working guys, usually most competitive guys and don’t speak all the time. But when they do, you’re listening.”
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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.
I've been incredibly impressed with Paul Maurice this playoff run. He's so level headed and calm, especially in the finals.
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