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2019-20 Miscellaneous NHL/Hockey News Thread

Paulie Walnuts said:
Devils and 76ers cutting pay by up to 20% next month for non contract people. They have the same owner
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After getting roasted on social media, they changed their mind.

The league, however, is cutting the salary of league office employees by 25% effective April 1,

www.espn.com

NHL to temporarily cut pay in league office

The NHL is temporarily cutting salaries of league employees by 25% as the coronavirus outbreak continues.
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andyt said:
The KHL was still playing. However, it looks like they’re about to pull the plug. Jokerit and Nur-Sultan Barys have withdrawn from the playoffs, so the league is likely to suspend the season.
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The KHL has officially cancelled the playoffs. They’re going to focus on preparing for next season.

www.tsn.ca

KHL cancels remainder of playoffs - TSN.ca

The Kontinental Hockey League has given up on trying to reschedule its playoffs and canceled the remainder of the season.
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from twitter:

According to an NHL source, at least one team has submitted a lottery proposal that would include a tournament in which lottery teams play for the first-overall pick.” I assume that means the tourney winner gets the 1st pick.
 
New York City had considered using Madison Square Garden as an overflow hospital site, including the suites, before deciding on moving forward with the Javits Center. The United Center will be converted to a logistics hub for food distribution, first responder staging and medical supply collection.

If we have hockey at all, it will be a summer sport.

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NEWS: United Center to Serve as COVID-19 Emergency Relief Hub | Chicago Blackhawks

Home of the Blackhawks to serve as logistics hub for food distribution, first responder staging and the collection of medical supplies
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jeffbear said:
Sure ... "you've got a lot of nice, publicly funded benefits there Mr Jacobs. It would be a shame if anything happened to them."
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Jeremy Jacobs is a scumbag.

Delaware North is putting 68 full time salaries employees on temporary leave, giving them 1 week’s salary and 8 weeks of paid benefits. Another 82 full time salaries employees will receive an indefinite salary reduction.

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Statement From Delaware North | Boston Bruins

Delaware North today announced temporary business stabilization measures relating to Boston Bruins and TD Garden full-time salaried associates due to the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 crisis on our operations.
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Let's be honest ... most owners of sports franchises fit that description. Jacobs is just more brazen than some.
 
Good news but what are they going to write about? I guess they could write draft previews .

ESPN is showing clips from high school games to fill time.
 
Presumably, an August re-start would consist of a highly modified playoffs based on the standings at time of suspension, followed immediately by training camps and the next season starting up fresh in October. That might actually be do-able if they don't get weird about having too many teams in the playoff bracket. That nonsense about 24 teams ain't gonna work
 
jeffbear said:
Presumably, an August re-start would consist of a highly modified playoffs based on the standings at time of suspension, followed immediately by training camps and the next season starting up fresh in October. That might actually be do-able if they don't get weird about having too many teams in the playoff bracket. That nonsense about 24 teams ain't gonna work
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Leave it at 16 teams based on points percentage. Under that scenario, the Canes are in. First round is best of 3, 2nd round best of 5, conference and Stanley Cup Finals best of 7
 
They have to allow multiple weeks of offseason to handle the draft, restricted and unrestricted free agency, buyouts, arbitration, etc. They won't have the normal 8+ weeks for all of that but I would think you at least need 3 weeks?
 
andyt said:
Leave it at 16 teams based on points percentage. Under that scenario, the Canes are in. First round is best of 3, 2nd round best of 5, conference and Stanley Cup Finals best of 7
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It's always seemed odd to me to have short initial rounds, if you are actually concerned about getting the best teams to the final rounds. A best of three is almost a crapshoot, making it far more likely that you will end up with highly imbalanced later matchups with teams that really don't belong. It's even worse this year. You're going to go from a short training camp right to a best of three? The second round won't be the eight best teams, it will be the eight teams that were able to shake off the rust the quickest. Also, some of the players are voicing understandable concerns about going from training camp right to playoff intensity, which could result in a rash of early injuries. Plus, if you go 3, then 5, then 7 then 7, you're looking at a maximum of 58 games. If you go 5 games all rounds, you're maxing at 75 games, and it might even take less time overall. 3-5-7-7 playing every other day is 43 days. 5 throughout is only 39 days. 5-5-5-7 would be the same potential length as 3-5-7-7.

The 20-team scenarios also seems absurd. You're going to have the Bruins have to face a team that just played a 3-game warmup series? Given the experience with the bye weeks, that seems empirically unfair to the better seed.

Some sort of short round robin among the top 16 teams (maybe 4 divisions of 4, everybody plays three games, with some seeding at stake), followed by a 5-5-5-5 set up seems best to me.
 
cmaleski2 said:
They have to allow multiple weeks of offseason to handle the draft, restricted and unrestricted free agency, buyouts, arbitration, etc. They won't have the normal 8+ weeks for all of that but I would think you at least need 3 weeks?
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It depends how far into August they have to play. If they go through the entire month, I don’t see how they can start the season on time.
 
MLB looking at expanding the rosters to 29 if they start back. I guess the idea is more players will get injured. NHL has no roster size limit for the playoffs right? And I assume the AHL won't start back up.
 
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