Eklund: Rumor: NHLNHLPA to talk Tomorrow. Players Internally Today. More..
- Eklund

Sorry Ek. Couldn’t read this DUE TO THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF ANNOYING POP UPS that have forced me to go the route of VPN again.

But thanks !

This feels like another lockout.

The NHL has become irrelevant.

Double headers, would have to be back to back nights.
- aries1976

What you are describing is back-to-back games, on separate nights. I once thought this was logical. Friedman reported that too. But sources have confirmed that doubleheader are in the mix. The same teams play 2 games, on the same day, on the same sheet of ice. I'm sure the NHLPA won't like it, but this is 99% certain.

I figured for some time now that it would be a 48 game season starting Feb 1. Now players and owners have to agree on how much of a cut they want to share of the salary. I see Taylor Hall paid 8 mil to play 48 games and shake my head.

I am not a fan of an all Canadian league at all. My team is the only team in the entire league that will be required to play half of their away schedule in a time zone of 3 hours difference.

I for one am a fan of come back in September and scrub the 20/21 season.
- VANTEL

A Canadian division is literally the only way to do it, given the border situation.

That said, with that many teams making the playoffs, I think it does open the door for an unbalanced schedule. They could have Vancouver play CGY/EDM/WPG 10 times each and TOR/OTT/MTL 6 times each, for example. I think the primary wrench there is trying to figure out what to do with Winnipeg since they're basically in the middle of the country, but I think grouping them with the western set makes the most sense.

It's stupid.
But worthy of the fourth sport no one really cares about nationally.

Just start the playoffs in January, single game elimination, be done by March.

You're welcome.

The whole season, along with the 2020 playoff bubble, will eventually be marked with an asterisk in the record books.

But I guess it’s better than no hockey at all.

One thing though, if 24 teams are making the playoffs, only the 7 who don’t should be in the draft lottery. If you’re given a shot to win the Cup, you don’t deserve a lottery pick.

The whole season, along with the 2020 playoff bubble, will eventually be marked with an asterisk in the record books.

But I guess it’s better than no hockey at all.

One thing though, if 24 teams are making the playoffs, only the 7 who don’t should be in the draft lottery. If you’re given a shot to win the Cup, you don’t deserve a lottery pick.
- BiggE

A Canadian division is literally the only way to do it, given the border situation.

That said, with that many teams making the playoffs, I think it does open the door for an unbalanced schedule. They could have Vancouver play CGY/EDM/WPG 10 times each and TOR/OTT/MTL 6 times each, for example. I think the primary wrench there is trying to figure out what to do with Winnipeg since they're basically in the middle of the country, but I think grouping them with the western set makes the most sense.
- freedomgundam

That so far is the most rational solution . They could do a 9 game road swing in one swoop in the East one time.

That so far is the most rational solution . They could do a 9 game road swing in one swoop in the East one time.
- VANTEL

Canucks double headers will be very important. Fans will want to see Canucks power forward Mike Hoffman as much as possible. So he can pitch in game 1 and DH in game 2. I think this will work. 👍

Let Covid cull out the weak franchises. Time for a little herd immunity, baby.
- Canada Cup

If the end result for COVID is a 28 team league I think it will have been worth it.

If the end result for COVID is a 28 team league I think it will have been worth it.
- OilyJay

Which teams are we subtracting?

The NHL has become irrelevant.
- bcallaway

Yeah, in St. Louis only a little over a year removed from a Cup even. No wonder the Blues almost ended up in Regina.

Canucks double headers will be very important. Fans will want to see Canucks power forward Mike Hoffman as much as possible. So he can pitch in game 1 and DH in game 2. I think this will work. 👍
- gergeswillems

In BC we have a Power Forward HHOF . So far only Bertuzzi is in it but he hangs on the Left Wall which is the wall of divided feelings. Hopefully Hoffman will make us proud.

The NHL has become irrelevant.
- bcallaway

I got the same text.

In BC we have a Power Forward HHOF . So far only Bertuzzi is in it but he hangs on the Left Wall which is the wall of divided feelings. Hopefully Hoffman will make us proud.
- VANTEL

I had such high hopes for Jim Sandlak.

Which teams are we subtracting?
- gergeswillems

Leafs , for no other reason that we don't have to see Matthews ever again in shorts and rollerblades

Leafs , for no other reason that we don't have to see Matthews ever again in shorts and rollerblades
- VANTEL

That was a bit disturbing.

That was a bit disturbing.
- gergeswillems

He is the hybrid love child of movie theater Pee Wee Herman and the cop with the shorts on Reno 911

Ek if a 48-game season is a 99% certainty...then what's the other 1%?

Also, I was hoping you would comment on my virtual reality goggle idea as a way to generate massive league revenue. This is how you watch games. Do you think the NHL could partner with a tech company and create a premiere subscription service? When the Cup is presented will there be room on the ice for all of us?

Leafs , for no other reason that we don't have to see Matthews ever again in shorts and rollerblades
- VANTEL

Can we ask that the porn-stache go away too ?

Can we ask that the porn-stache go away too ?
- Pairo11

The NHL has become irrelevant.
- bcallaway

Your momma is irrelevant.

Yeah, in St. Louis only a little over a year removed from a Cup even. No wonder the Blues almost ended up in Regina.
- OilyJay

Saskatoon get your story straight

Plus we are only here to begin with because Wirtz wanted to dump his ownership in the old arena.