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#81
10-19-2007, 01:58 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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1. Ridiculously long regular season that serves no purpose other than to eliminate the teams that really suck. Okay, the NBA does this too, but it is still dumb. [/ QUOTE ] This used to be the case - no longer. Getting into the playoffs is a big accomplishment, and there's very few bad teams who slip in there. [ QUOTE ] 2. "I went to see a fight and a hockey game broke out." If I want to see a fist fight, I'll put on a boxing match or ultimate figting match. If you punch another player, you should get a fine and suspension, with escalating penalties for repeat offenders. This is how it works in every professional sports league but the NHL. In the NHL, you have to cause life-threatening injuries to get suspended. It may be a tradition in the NHL to "drop the gloves" but it is still dumb. [/ QUOTE ] If fighting were dropped, a lot of the NHL's fans would too. I've heard this argument from non-hockey fans, and quite simply it is a part of the game, and if it went away, so would a fair amount of the fan base who's fed up with the way the NHL is run these days. Hockey is a physical game, and allowing players who skate around with large sticks and rock-hard elbow pads to release their frustration through fighting rather than more unsavory means might make the game safer overall. 
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#82
10-19-2007, 02:03 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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[ QUOTE ] 1. Ridiculously long regular season that serves no purpose other than to eliminate the teams that really suck. Okay, the NBA does this too, but it is still dumb. [/ QUOTE ] This used to be the case - no longer. Getting into the playoffs is a big accomplishment, and there's very few bad teams who slip in there. [/ QUOTE ] More than half of the teams make the playoffs. It isn't that big of an accomplishment to be in the top 53% after 82 games.
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#83
10-19-2007, 02:10 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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Teams do this at the end of the season, when the point crunch hits. If 2 teams are tied with <10 minutes left in regulation, they often slow down their attack and wait for OT to settle the game. Just one reason I hate the new OT/Shootout rules. The Wild seem to do this with <10 minutes left in the 2nd period.
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#84
10-19-2007, 02:27 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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2) If a player on Boston's team taunts a player on the opponent's team - they can fight. And the benches don't clear. They usually stay out of the way and applaud the effort of their teammates. [/ QUOTE ] The reason the benches are allowed to clear in baseball is because baseball is the only sport where 9 players from one team are on the field while 1 player from the other team is. They do this to protect the individual from a 9 on 1 beating.
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#85
10-19-2007, 03:02 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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OP- Teams do this at the end of the season, when the point crunch hits. If 2 teams are tied with <10 minutes left in regulation, they often slow down their attack and wait for OT to settle the game. Just one reason I hate the new OT/Shootout rules. The Wild seem to do this with <10 minutes left in the 2nd period. [/ QUOTE ] Ding Ding Ding...Exactly why the current system is bad.
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#86
10-19-2007, 03:14 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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OP- Teams do this at the end of the season, when the point crunch hits. If 2 teams are tied with <10 minutes left in regulation, they often slow down their attack and wait for OT to settle the game. Just one reason I hate the new OT/Shootout rules. The Wild seem to do this with <10 minutes left in the 2nd period in the first game of the season. [/ QUOTE ]
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#87
10-19-2007, 03:17 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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[ QUOTE ] OP- Teams do this at the end of the season, when the point crunch hits. If 2 teams are tied with <10 minutes left in regulation, they often slow down their attack and wait for OT to settle the game. Just one reason I hate the new OT/Shootout rules. The Wild seem to do this with <10 minutes left in the 2nd period. [/ QUOTE ] Ding Ding Ding...Exactly why the current system is bad. [/ QUOTE ] The current system has been around for like 3 or 4 seasons now. So far it doesn't seem to be being severely abused, but it still is likely to change at some point, most likely to the 3 for a Win, 2 for a OT/SO Win, 1 for a OT/SO Loss, and 0 for Regulation loss format.
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#88
10-19-2007, 03:18 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 1. Ridiculously long regular season that serves no purpose other than to eliminate the teams that really suck. Okay, the NBA does this too, but it is still dumb. [/ QUOTE ] This used to be the case - no longer. Getting into the playoffs is a big accomplishment, and there's very few bad teams who slip in there. [/ QUOTE ] More than half of the teams make the playoffs. It isn't that big of an accomplishment to be in the top 53% after 82 games. [/ QUOTE ] Hockey is a super high variance sport. Throw in the trade deadline which is more active than in any other sport (and almost certainly has a greater impact than in, say, baseball) - and almost any team which makes the final 8 can end up representing the conference. This is what makes the hockey playoffs superior to any other.
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#89
10-19-2007, 03:51 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
hawkey are teh ghey sauce
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#90
10-19-2007, 04:40 PM
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Re: why hockey is dumb
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 1. Ridiculously long regular season that serves no purpose other than to eliminate the teams that really suck. Okay, the NBA does this too, but it is still dumb. [/ QUOTE ] This used to be the case - no longer. Getting into the playoffs is a big accomplishment, and there's very few bad teams who slip in there. [/ QUOTE ] More than half of the teams make the playoffs. It isn't that big of an accomplishment to be in the top 53% after 82 games. [/ QUOTE ] Hockey is a super high variance sport. Throw in the trade deadline which is more active than in any other sport (and almost certainly has a greater impact than in, say, baseball) - and almost any team which makes the final 8 can end up representing the conference. This is what makes the hockey playoffs superior to any other. [/ QUOTE ] They ought to just skip the regular season and go straight to the playoffs.
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