GDT: Game LXXI - PIT @ NYR - 8:08 EDT

Postby **meow** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:13 pm

How many of these problems melt away when Murray returns from the infirmary?

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:15 pm

How many of these problems melt away when Murray returns from the infirmary?

I don't think they melt away, but the end result may be avoided. Last night's 3rd period in particular was due to the defense having a 20 minute brain fart, with Letang legally changing his middle name to Pinch.

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:29 pm

I like starting a playoff series on the road. There is also no guarantee that finishing first gives you a better matchup in rd1. I don’t care where they finish. I care about how they look. Flip switching will need to occur though.

How lame is this current playoff format.
very bad. i don't think either team would enjoy a yet another wash/pitt rematch, but here we go again.

Maybe this time the Caps will lose in round 1.

Postby **slappybrown** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:17 pm

I like starting a playoff series on the road. There is also no guarantee that finishing first gives you a better matchup in rd1. I don’t care where they finish. I care about how they look. Flip switching will need to occur though.

How lame is this current playoff format.
very bad. i don't think either team would enjoy a yet another wash/pitt rematch, but here we go again.
Maybe this time the Caps will lose in round 1.

Why would you guys not want to play the caps again? Destroying their hopes and dreams is so much fun. This is just a lesser version of why I want to play the flyers.

Postby **Beveridge** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:24 pm

Things I enjoy in April/May:
Eliminating Philly
Eliminating Caps

I like the playoff format.

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:26 pm

I like starting a playoff series on the road. There is also no guarantee that finishing first gives you a better matchup in rd1. I don’t care where they finish. I care about how they look. Flip switching will need to occur though.

How lame is this current playoff format.
very bad. i don't think either team would enjoy a yet another wash/pitt rematch, but here we go again.
Maybe this time the Caps will lose in round 1.
Why would you guys not want to play the caps again? Destroying their hopes and dreams is so much fun. This is just a lesser version of why I want to play the flyers.

A) i think this is getting boring. not the winning. seeing the same ugly faces every spring
B) eventually this will not go our way. i don't want to see that day. i'm not ready.

Postby **The U** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:28 pm

I like some variety. We could end up playing CBJ then WAS. We’ve seen that before, in that specific order. Dream scenario would be East/West combining for the playoffs and getting a 1-16 playoff format where you can play somebody from either conference.

Postby **slappybrown** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:35 pm

I like starting a playoff series on the road. There is also no guarantee that finishing first gives you a better matchup in rd1. I don’t care where they finish. I care about how they look. Flip switching will need to occur though.

How lame is this current playoff format.
very bad. i don't think either team would enjoy a yet another wash/pitt rematch, but here we go again.
Maybe this time the Caps will lose in round 1.
Why would you guys not want to play the caps again? Destroying their hopes and dreams is so much fun. This is just a lesser version of why I want to play the flyers.
A) i think this is getting boring. not the winning. seeing the same ugly faces every spring
B) eventually this will not go our way. i don't want to see that day. i'm not ready.

Come on, playing the flyers and caps in the playoffs is boring?

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:40 pm

very bad. i don't think either team would enjoy a yet another wash/pitt rematch, but here we go again.
Maybe this time the Caps will lose in round 1.
Why would you guys not want to play the caps again? Destroying their hopes and dreams is so much fun. This is just a lesser version of why I want to play the flyers.
A) i think this is getting boring. not the winning. seeing the same ugly faces every spring
B) eventually this will not go our way. i don't want to see that day. i'm not ready.
Come on, playing the flyers and caps in the playoffs is boring?

yes and no. there's nothing more enjoyable than winning those series. but i want variety. this is stale. it's fun and stale.

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:41 pm

1-8 seeding was better imo

Postby **slappybrown** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:43 pm

1-8 with a divisional format was bad (remember the trash ass SE division) and you should feel bad.

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:53 pm

Disagree. We still saw plenty of our regualr rivals but also the occasional out-of-division opponent to mix things up a little bit.

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:09 pm

2 divisions per conference. Division winners in automatically. 1-8 seeding based exclusively on points after that.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:21 pm

A) i think this is getting boring. not the winning. seeing the same ugly faces every spring
B) eventually this will not go our way. i don't want to see that day. i'm not ready.

I've been banging this drum for months, but I wholeheartedly agree. I loved the 1v8 conference bracket, because it was such a random tossup who you were going to play. You were always seeing wildly different playoff match ups, and it was intriguing seeing the different series that turned out.

Playing the same team(s) in the first two rounds every single postseason does not make the rivalry better, it makes it worse. Whenever we did end up with a Pens-Flyers series in the older system, it was a treat because it wasn't artificially created, but just kind of fell into place. This system sucks. That said, I'd be OK with giving the division champs the 1 and 2 seeds to make the divisions mean something.

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:57 pm

How many of these problems melt away when Murray returns from the infirmary?

Most of them, until he goes back

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:33 pm

A) i think this is getting boring. not the winning. seeing the same ugly faces every spring
B) eventually this will not go our way. i don't want to see that day. i'm not ready.
I've been banging this drum for months, but I wholeheartedly agree. I loved the 1v8 conference bracket, because it was such a random tossup who you were going to play. You were always seeing wildly different playoff match ups, and it was intriguing seeing the different series that turned out.

Playing the same team(s) in the first two rounds every single postseason does not make the rivalry better, it makes it worse. Whenever we did end up with a Pens-Flyers series in the older system, it was a treat because it wasn't artificially created, but just kind of fell into place. This system sucks. That said, I'd be OK with giving the division champs the 1 and 2 seeds to make the divisions mean something.