UPDATE: NHLPA votes for further negotiations on 24-team return to play format

[FlamingHabs Fan]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

And no humidity in Vegas either. Humidity is worse to battle then plain old heat.

Yeah another great point.
I think the heat transfer coefficient of water is 26 times that of air, if my memory serves me right.

[ricardodw]

So any idea on lineups.. who will be ready to play? Did I leave anyone out? Hamonic Hanifin Perreault were injured when hockey stopped.

Mangiapane Backlund Tkachuk
Gaudreau Monahan Lindholm
Lucic Ryan Dube
Bennett Jankowski Rieder

Rinaldo

Gio Brodie
Andersson Hannifin
Fobort Hamonic
Kylington Gustafsson Stone

Connor Schiefele Wheeler
Ehlers Eakins Laine
Copp Lowry Roslovic
Perreault Harkins Appleton

Shore Bourque

Morrissey De Melo
Kulikov Pionk
Beaulieu Poolman
Bietto Sbisa

[WCW Nitro]

I am going to propose an out-of-the-box city- Moncton. CV cases at zero, brand new arena, comfortable temps in Summer, and no home team advantage. It's also called the hub city.

[albertGQ]

Kypreos said the two teams that voted against this were the Canes and Lightning

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by transplant99

From Staples...



And then this....







https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/h...layoff-format/

The whole blue line aside, two thirds of your top line is comprised of Ennis and Kassian and you say there are few holes?

Somebody's been hitting the laser lettuce.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Geeoff

Flames better on the road anyway.

The Flames goaltenders too. Both guys in fact.

An entire playoffs away from home could be the best case scenario for this year's team.

[Roof-Daddy]

I was quite content with the Flames being unable to feed me their annual dose of bitter disappointment.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Why are you arguing this? Calgary has already been calculated by the league as the 8th seed over the Jets. Besides, I think the issue is Chicago, Minny, and Arizona having a higher seed should they advance to the real playoffs.

I think people are getting a little too far ahead of their skis here. If they end up with 1 hub per conference, then there is a pretty good chance they do re-seed. If it was a 4 hub thing, then the fixed bracket would make more sense than moving teams around.

The league has always re-seeded in the playoffs, but that doesn't stop them from using bracket style graphics.

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

I was quite content with the Flames being unable to feed me their annual dose of bitter disappointment.

The train wreck must go on.

[dino7c]

I was in Vegas when it was 116 degrees...hop in the pool, hotels are nice and cool

Any player would pick Vegas, probably even Oilers players

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

I think people are getting a little too far ahead of their skis here. If they end up with 1 hub per conference, then there is a pretty good chance they do re-seed. If it was a 4 hub thing, then the fixed bracket would make more sense than moving teams around.

The league has always re-seeded in the playoffs, but that doesn't stop them from using bracket style graphics.

We are discussing the proposal as it was presented, two hubs and brackets is the latest... obviously things can/should change

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

Kypreos said the two teams that voted against this were the Canes and Lightning

I wonder if the Canes think they deserve a bye, and the Bolts don't want to play meaningless games while their opponent ramps up in do-or-die scenarios again. They should just agree to swap.

[The Cobra]

Originally Posted by getbak

The Flames have a better points percentage than the Jets. If things resume using the current plan, the Flames will be the 8th seed and the Jets will be 9th.

Nashville will be 6th and Vancouver 7th.

You are correct, I didn’t look at teams ahead of the Flames in points.


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[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by The Familia

I think the hub city idea is crap. Not fair that Edmonton gets to play every game at home where they know the arena, and every aspect of the playing surface. Just cancel the season already.

Oilers will only play 3 games anyway. Nothing to worry about.

[Dragomir]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

A bandwagon Barcelona fan questioning my knowledge of soccer, that's rich
I'm sure you followed them before the Messi era

What’s that saying? You know you’ve lost when you attack the person rather than the argument. Better luck next time kiddo.

[Derek Sutton]

Brian Hedger, Columbus beat writer reporting training camps to open first week Of July with play in games starting “late July”.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Dragomir

What’s that saying? You know you’ve lost when you attack the person rather than the argument. Better luck next time kiddo.

Originally Posted by Dragomir

You are aware that every top footy team plays in 3 simultaneous competitions during the season right? Two of those 3 are playoff competitions and there are a whole lot more than just 2 competitive teams lol. Typical response from someone who doesn’t watch the sport though.

We're finally in agreement

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by The Familia

I think the hub city idea is crap. Not fair that Edmonton gets to play every game at home where they know the arena, and every aspect of the playing surface. Just cancel the season already.

lol at every aspect of the playing surface. "There's the Oilers with home knowledge of the blue line placement giving them a jump again".

This isn't MLB with unique ball parks.

[Strange Brew]

Yeas some are trying too hard looking for reasons the Oilers are getting some advantage. Time to let some things go maybe.

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by Derek Sutton

Brian Hedger, Columbus beat writer reporting training camps to open first week Of July with play in games starting “late July”.

Why the month long delay? Surely they could open training camps before the first week of July?