The NHL season has been officially cancelled. No kidding.
None of the few who cared anymore were surprised by this. It comes as good news though.
A 28 game season would have been a waste of time. Almost every team would be missing key players who wouldn't bother coming back from playing in Europe. You would have a very short training camp and a very short schedule. You would end up with deserving teams missing the playoffs because of one or two off nights, and weaker teams making it thanks to one or two big upsets. In short, awarding the Stanley Cup would be the biggest crap shoot ever, and the winner would have to have the biggest asterik of all time beside their name in the record book.
And if you are a team expecting to make the playoffs, and you play a few stinkers and find yourself 3 games out with 12 to play, do you really buckle down and push for it, or do you coast your way to the cellar and jump in on the Sidney Crosby sweepstakes.
That's the biggest reason to cancel it I think. This kid is likely to be very good, and he should be going to the team that needs it most, not the team that plays the worst hockey for a month and a half.
The worst thing of all, is that the two sides will probably not meet again until two weeks before next season is set to begin.
None of the few who cared anymore were surprised by this. It comes as good news though.
A 28 game season would have been a waste of time. Almost every team would be missing key players who wouldn't bother coming back from playing in Europe. You would have a very short training camp and a very short schedule. You would end up with deserving teams missing the playoffs because of one or two off nights, and weaker teams making it thanks to one or two big upsets. In short, awarding the Stanley Cup would be the biggest crap shoot ever, and the winner would have to have the biggest asterik of all time beside their name in the record book.
And if you are a team expecting to make the playoffs, and you play a few stinkers and find yourself 3 games out with 12 to play, do you really buckle down and push for it, or do you coast your way to the cellar and jump in on the Sidney Crosby sweepstakes.
That's the biggest reason to cancel it I think. This kid is likely to be very good, and he should be going to the team that needs it most, not the team that plays the worst hockey for a month and a half.
The worst thing of all, is that the two sides will probably not meet again until two weeks before next season is set to begin.
posted by Ferguson # 11:31 AM 
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