I was thinking that as long as there was still seeding to be decided, the playoff schedule might not be announced. Certainly its not surprising that the NHL and NBC looked to lock in what they would consider a prime time matchup with Was and Bos ASAP so that NBC could advertise the heck out of it. I get that, I mean, those are 2 of NBC's primary teams, that was always going to get the best day and time slot, so why wait on announcing that.
If our Game 1 is going to end up on Monday night I would love to know that ASAP as I intentionally was holding up potential plans for this coming weekend thinking that Game 1 almost certainly would be sometime on Saturday or Sunday. I can't wait until Friday to find that out, I sort of really need to know when our game is going to be by tomorrow at the latest.
The only thing left to be decided in terms of seeding for Round 1 is the West with Vegas, Colorado and Minny. All 3 play tonight, and its possible if things fall a certain way that all 3 could be locked into their spots. But its more likely I think that the division title will not be decided until Avs-Kings game is over on Thursday night. If that really is what holds the announcement of the date of our first game that would really suck. Waiting until Friday to announce the date/time of our game is ridiculous.