Comments on: Could The Crossover Work?

By: aaron

aaron — Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:25:07 +0000

Actually, its still all about the West, and w/ Dallas slipping and Vancouver not having much experience, it still boils down to the two teams that have made it to the Western Finals 6 of the last 8 years. Plus, they always make GREAT series. The rivalry really adds to the glamour of those two teams.

Frankly, I think they should play more often. Like old school Original Six days, where teams played each other 17 times in a season. I don't care if they play every month; play twice every month. Its great hockey every time they meet.

Plus, both teams are on absolute TEARS right now (less so Colorado).

This system ain't gonna help anything this year, though, b/c Colorado's gonna finish 4th. We're probably going to meet up in the second round regardless.

By: FlyerinOhio

FlyerinOhio — Sat, 22 Mar 2003 06:53:46 +0000

As I see it, your response has one major flaw in it. I’ll give you some time to figure it out ( as the song from jeopardy plays ). Give up? Your example of how the crossover would be good, i.e. Detroit, Chicago vs. Montreal, Toronto, NYR, and Boston….guess what? The way the playoffs are slotted now..that could happen anyway..Detroit and Chicago are Western teams, and the other 4 are Eastern teams. This year you could have Detroit vs. Toronto anyway.

By: OKFlyer

OKFlyer — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:09:13 +0000

if the east is so bad how come an eastern team has the best record ???? HMMMMM

By: Phailak

Phailak — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:48:56 +0000

Why can’t they keep East and West for standings but make it so 1 VS 16, 2 VS 15 and so on. Give teams that finish 1st overall an edge, and the best teams will often face off in the finals.

By: Slovakiaz

Slovakiaz — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 05:17:51 +0000

The CROSSOVER playoffs (E-W) would be perfect !!! Very good idea !

By: ak2797

ak2797 — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:41:00 +0000

C’mon the Hawks in any finals?? Maybe for the Calder Cup, but not lord Stanley’s.

By: FlyersGoCupCrazy

FlyersGoCupCrazy — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:29:21 +0000

the playoffs are already the most exciting time of the season. stop trying to improve on the best part of hockey. the league should be worrying about making the regular season more exciting. how would they do that, you ask? cut down on inter-conference play, up the division games, and up the home and home series within the division (whats the point of the Flyers playing a home and home with the Wild?). Since most inter conference games suck, only have the playoff teams play each other once, and screew the rest of them. I dont want to watch the Flyers play Calgary. Have more Flyers/Rangers and Flyers/Devils, the only games anybody really watches. Well, thats just my two cents

By: wayne2

wayne2 — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:25:18 +0000

Like it used to be:1-16,2-15 etc or maybe 1-9,2-10 etc.That way,anyteam can face anyteam,could you imagine Colorado-Detroit,Ottawa-Toronto,Boston-Montréal,Edmonton-Calgary,rangers-islanders etc for the cup.All that would be possible and could help popularize rivalries even more + only the true 16 teams would make the playoffs regardless of which section they play in.

By: beckfan

beckfan — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:16:02 +0000

And what is wrong w/ American hockey fans?! Thats a fucking bias remark you made Dickie! We dont complain about Canadian baseball or basketball fans even though there arent any cause you cant pick up the concept of the two sports and we also dont complain about Canadians that watch football either ( im talking about the N.F.L. not that gayass Canadian Football League).

Dude watch what you say next time.

By: Rampage_Winger

Rampage_Winger — Thu, 20 Mar 2003 17:06:25 +0000

I always thought it was strange that Detroit was in the West considering how far east they are. But in comparison, they are farther west than most (maybe every) Eastern teams. Oh well, this would be a pretty pointless exercise in readjustment. The finals would be more exciting if the top seeds would stop losing in the first round (I’m looking at you, Philly). It seems that every year, the 4, 6, 7, and 8 seeds are the ones that advance in the East. Simply put, the East needs to pick it up in the first round and not underestimate their opponents.