Paulie Walnuts
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Was the program at UAH because of the big NASA center there bringing in people from up north? Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
The Alaska schools had been subsidizing travel expenses for the rest of the league to make the long road trips. I find all the conference shenanigans distasteful myself (looking at you too, Big Ten) but in the end, sorry to say as a huge Tech fan, but that's just too big a conference footprint to sustain for schools with "mid-major"-level athletic departments at best, in a non-revenue sport.
Was the program at UAH because of the big NASA center there bringing in people from up north? Otherwise it doesn't make sense.
Yeah, Huntsville has a lot of social quirks thanks to that influx of Europeans after WW2. It's very much an outlier compared to the rest of the region.No, it goes back farther than that, to when the German scientists came over in the 40s. The Southeast District of USA Hockey held their girls qualifying tournament there one year. The rink was sort of a historical record of hockey in Huntsville.
Atlantic Hockey has schools in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and...Colorado (Air Force Academy)
Ah ... I've said to wake me when we have actual news. I guess I'll have to pay attention to the OG bridge troll this afternoon.Gary Bettman on NBCSN at 4:30, announcing the league’s return to play plan and media availability availability at 6.
Ah ... I've said to wake me when we have actual news. I guess I'll have to pay attention to the OG bridge troll this afternoon.
If 24 teams in a playoff wasn't dumb enough, why not kill the draft lottery too with an equally dumb plan like you mentioned was rumored over the weekend.Supposedly, this will include an update on the draft lottery. One of the rumors that floated over the weekend was that the lottery would include the 7 teams left out of the playoffs and the 1st round losers. So sure, let’s let Pittsburgh or Toronto win the Alexis Lafreniere lottery. Solid plan.
- they expect to be done with the first 2 rounds in 1 month. First 2 rounds might be best of 5, conference and Cup finals best of 7
You have to make the top 4 teams play for seeding, otherwise that turns into a no contact scrimmage that just looks awful to everyone else playing for their playoff lives in the play in round in my opinion. Vegas still has to be a top choice for the Western Conference hub, anyone’s guess on the Eastern choice. The best part about the announcement is just the fact that it’s at least a starting point to work towards, who knows if it works out, but it’s a start and something to build on over the next two months.
First off, thanks for the great summary Andy
Question about this:
If I'm understanding the system correctly, we will have five rounds now: the play-in plus the usual four rounds. When you say "they expect to be done with the first 2 rounds in 1 month," are you referring to the play-in round and the conference quarter-final or something else? When you say, "[f]irst 2 rounds might be best of 5," are you referring to the conference quarter- and semi-finals or the play-in round and the conference quarters?