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MBFlyerfan
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Location: Right Wing, NJ
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Jay Greenberg: Not Such a Bad Format Afterall
- Jay Greenberg
While I still wish they would eliminate the brackets and make it so the lowest available seed always plays the highest available seed, (with division winners being 1 and 2) I am still excited about this series for a multitude of reasons.
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BiggE
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Location: There's no way out of here, NJ
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Great piece and spot on as always, Jay!
The current Flyer/Pens rivalry really does remind me of the wars with the Rags in the 80s, and those were a lot of fun!!
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BiggE
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Location: There's no way out of here, NJ
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While I still wish they would eliminate the brackets and make it so the lowest available seed always plays the highest available seed, (with division winners being 1 and 2) I am still excited about this series for a multitude of reasons.
- MBFlyerfan
Yup, with you on both the format and in looking forward to this series! The only teams really screwed by the format this year are Boston and Toronto. Having the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the conference playing in the first round is just a waste.
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MJL
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Location: Let's Dance!, PA
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Another gem for a Hall of Fame writer. |
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Pixote Andolini
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Fantastic piece.
I know most fans of all things puck are most excited about this playoff matchup, regardless of who their favorite teams are. |
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Feds91Stammer
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Location: Tatar Fan Boy, FL
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Archaic
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Location: Waterloo, ON
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 There would be equally good matchups if it were 1 to 8 rankings for the playoffs
Tampa vs NJ
Boston vs Columbus
Wash vs Philly
Toronto vs Pitts
Nash vs Col
Vegas vs LA
Winterpeg vs SJ
Minny vs Ana
All this does is water down the later rounds which makes for less compelling matchups when it matters more. The only difference is this screws a lot of teams over who should have home ice advantage or create uneven rounds and easier paths for bad teams. |
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Feds91Stammer
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Location: Tatar Fan Boy, FL
Joined: 02.01.2012
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There would be equally good matchups if it were 1 to 8 rankings for the playoffs
Tampa vs NJ
Boston vs Columbus
Wash vs Philly
Toronto vs Pitts
Nash vs Col
Vegas vs LA
Winterpeg vs SJ
Minny vs Ana
All this does is water down the later rounds which makes for less compelling matchups when it matters more. The only difference is this screws a lot of teams over who should have home ice advantage or create uneven rounds and easier paths for bad teams.
- Archaic
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Beatle_john
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Location: The corner of Kirk Maclean's T
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1 v 8 is far less contrived. |
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