And you guys also said that teams in the playoffs come Halloween generally made the playoffs, and those out of it didnt make the playoffs...of course that was also based on the idea that Shanahan wouldnt be a retard, alas Lucic getting a phone call and Tootoo getting a potential suspension for the very same thing speaks otherwise.
Occurrence words! That's why I (we) said generally, to account for the 1 or 2 teams that make the jump. Boston was too good with too many young, skilled (thanks to Toronto, no less), big bodied players to not make the playoffs. Having said that, I also didn't anticipate them going on 13-0-1 tear
Well, I guess the change isnt that bad. Looking at the Kings Conference, they should be the 3rd best team behind Vancouver and San Jose. Phoenix might not even be there next season. The Ducks are the Ducks, the Flames are going no where but down and the Oilers are starting to turn it around.
Whats kinda nice is the Kings/Vancouver rivalry can grow once more and hopefully the old Oilers/Kings rivalry of the 80s can get going again since both teams are young and on the up rise.
This is nice for me too since I live near Philly now so every year I can at least see the Kings in PHI, WSH, NJ, NYI and NYR.
Also, they havent said yet, but it might no longer be West vs East for the finals. Might just reseed the 4 conference winners so we could have things like Buffalo vs NYR or CHI vs LA.
If it was like the BCS it would just be the Wings vs Pens every year.
I think the BCS is something every professional sporting league should adopt.
Bannable offenses.
Northeast Division leader Florida Panthers
Boogard had CTE...which is an early form of Alzheimers caused by repeated blows to the head.