Mbossy Posted December 20, 2009 Report Posted December 20, 2009 Oh jeez. What's the league's contingency for two teams still being tied after looking at goal differential? Guess they'll have to make something up... http://www.nhlplayoffrace.com/tiebreak.html
Stoner Posted December 20, 2009 Report Posted December 20, 2009 http://www.nhlplayof...m/tiebreak.html That doesn't help. Here's a Vancouver board where the fans are equally perplexed about this unlikely scenario: http://www.canuckscentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10964 Serious. Canadian. Hockey. Fans. Don't know how the league would settle such a tie. Unlikely? One of the posters points out that earlier in the 07-08 season, two teams were indeed tied, right through goal differential. The league settled it, apparently, using alphabetical order! Can you imagine losing a playoff spot because you're Buffalo and not Atlanta? And this wouldn't be a problem for new fans? I rest my case. Good morning gentlemen. And chz. I think.
spndnchz Posted December 20, 2009 Report Posted December 20, 2009 Morning PA. Is that coffee I smell?
SwampD Posted December 20, 2009 Report Posted December 20, 2009 It hurts because it casts the league, again, as a bunch of blockheads. "In the event teams are tied in the standings, the following tiebreakers are applied to determine which team receives the higher seeding." That's a post-regular season scenario. You can't receive a seeding until then! Yes, that list needs to start with 2. 1. can be a footnote explaining how the silly "If the playoffs started today..." works. This is a league that always talks about getting new fans, but the rulebook is a shambles. Imagine a new fan going to that resource after the regular season to figure out where his team is seeded. Would 1. make any sense? Just to chime in here real quick, as bad as you think this is, nothing, and I mean nothing, is as stupid as the all-star game determining home field advantage in the World Series... Nothing.
deluca67 Posted December 20, 2009 Report Posted December 20, 2009 Just to chime in here real quick, as bad as you think this is, nothing, and I mean nothing, is as stupid as the all-star game determining home field advantage in the World Series... Nothing. I'd say the "in the neighborhood" play at second base is worse.
SwampD Posted December 20, 2009 Report Posted December 20, 2009 I'd say the "in the neighborhood" play at second base is worse. I never heard of that before. That really is stupid. For me it's just another reason to hate baseball.
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