leevaughn Posted September 27, 2022 Report Share Posted September 27, 2022 8 hours ago, James said: Lee is hereby fined 5 million per league for talking shit about pittsburgh I'm over the cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festivus Posted September 27, 2022 Report Share Posted September 27, 2022 15 hours ago, James said: I think more teams in the playoffs is a bad idea. Totally agree with lee (or was it Chris?) that below average teams (I.e. teams in the bottom half of the league) should not make the playoffs. If the sole argument is financial benefit for the team, that’s not good enough for me. also what impact would an expanded playoff have on the trade deadline? Wouldn’t we see less activity? No fun in that. I think 16 is probably just right. I would like to see them move to a 4 wild card option though (top 2 in each division plus next 4). The 8 teams with the best record should make it. Full stop. totally aside, I would argue that a winner take all play in makes MORE sense in hockey than in baseball. One ace and a weak rotation can still make it, but will easily be handled in the first round. You should have to prove your rotational (and bullpen) depth to advance. Ya there is a fine line to walk here. Too many teams is maybe no good, but an increase is warranted based on the league has gone from 21 teams and 16 making it, to 32 teams and 16 making it. We shouldn't have some stud players going 8 or 10 years without sniffing the playoffs. Their only hope is being traded to a contender in some cases. Great hockey cities with great hockey fans not getting a whiff or getting to feel the electricity a playoff run can offer. In most cases an team sneaking into the dance isn't going to win a Stanley Cup but that said team could gain some nice playoff experience, the city can revel in it and the owners can make a few extra bucks. Maybe in each conference top 8 teams are in and then the next 4 ranked clubs do a single game knockout, (highest ranked vs lowest) or best of 3 and you end up with 10 teams making it. The top 2 seeds in each conference are rewarded byes because of their regular season success. Highest ranked plays lowest ranked and re-seeding happens every round. So to start 9th place plays 12th place and 10th plays 11th. The winners advance to the first round where the lowest seed would play the 3rd seed. The second lowest seed would play 4th seed. 5th seed plays 8th seed, and 6th seed plays 7th. Four series. Four winners. Add in your two bye teams and you have 6 teams and 3 series for a great second round. This is where it gets a little tricky. The problem with three series, means there are 3 winners. We call the third round the "Round of Three" where the there are three teams left in the conference on each side leaving the final 6. The best seeded team of each conference would play the worst seeded team on the other conference and the two middle teams would face off. AAAAND that's where it all falls apart, because after this you're left with three teams. And when you look at it, it actually pretty much has to be 16 teams otherwise the math doesn't work and the integrity of the Price of Wales trophy and the Clarence Campbell Bowl falls by the wayside. It has to be done another way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmes131 Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 R u kidding me?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmes131 Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 Lol so we're starting the playoff in october Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmes131 Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 Still don't like rewarding an below average team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 please do go on. But can you please post a single sentence every 3 minutes so that I can follow along? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmes131 Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 I'm working while I message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 Bold predictions to be thrown around by the goons on FFHP. Or any prediction. I'll take any prediction....fantasyfirsthockeypodcast@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 episode 17, part 2 of Bold Predictions https://fantasyfirsthockeypodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwell Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 OMG the buzzer on Trotz over and over again!!!! HAHHA! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Festivus Posted September 29, 2022 Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 5 hours ago, Bagwell said: OMG the buzzer on Trotz over and over again!!!! HAHHA! That shit cracked me up too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raken65 Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 17 hours ago, Ralphdog said: episode 17, part 2 of Bold Predictions https://fantasyfirsthockeypodcast.buzzsprout.com/ I'm a bit behind , listening to Episode 16 Did the head podcaster pronounce Patrick Roy as Roy and not Roi? Have you become American? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raken65 Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 18 hours ago, Ralphdog said: Bold predictions to be thrown around by the goons on FFHP. Or any prediction. I'll take any prediction....fantasyfirsthockeypodcast@gmail.com I have a few predictions Jake Sanderson wins the Calder Zadina scores 20 goals and 50 points Roslovic becomes 1st line center in Columbus Flyers are in the bottom 3 with Arizona and Chicago Rangers win the Stanley Cup as Lafreniere goes next level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted September 30, 2022 Report Share Posted September 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Raken65 said: I have a few predictions Jake Sanderson wins the Calder Zadina scores 20 goals and 50 points Roslovic becomes 1st line center in Columbus Flyers are in the bottom 3 with Arizona and Chicago Rangers win the Stanley Cup as Lafreniere goes next level Anybody else please email them in, fantasyfirsthockeypodcast@gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted October 5, 2022 Report Share Posted October 5, 2022 Episode 18. Predictions from Capwise and some ramblings https://fantasyfirsthockeypodcast.buzzsprout.com 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vojdog Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) As always another great episode gents. If you haven’t listened you could be missing some pro level advice hint ….dropped players). I loved this segment as it reminded me about how creative of trades we can make . Edited October 8, 2022 by vojdog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vojdog Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 minute ago, vojdog said: As always another great episode gents. If you haven’t listened you could be missing some pro level advice hint ….dropped players). I loved this segment as it reminded me about how creative of trades we can make . ps Lee as always is correct vojdog sounds like “vodge” 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 Quick talk on episode 19 https://fantasyfirsthockeypodcast.buzzsprout.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 What’s up with your logo colours? It shows orange or grey depending on how I hold my tablet. What kind of voodoo is this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, Thunder said: What’s up with your logo colours? It shows orange or grey depending on how I hold my tablet. What kind of voodoo is this? Funny, I changed it to orange to add some pop, and the first episode following the change had the most listeners to date. Coincidence or not, who knows....but the alternating colors sounds like a you problem, haven't heard that from any of the other 13 listeners. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 It’s not a problem. It’s cool as shit. It changes colour if I rotate from horizontal to vertical. Was impressed with your skills for a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 never overestimate me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted October 18, 2022 Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 Episode 20. Some ramblings along with a scoop from Capwise. Check the link in the description to learn about a new game changing feature. https://fantasyfirsthockeypodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 I’m Team Lee on this trophy argument. No reason to change those names. Doesn’t matter who Norris is… the Norris is for the best defenseman. That’s what matters. remember when people were suggesting to rename the divisions like Gretzky and Lemieux? It’s weird. Things shouldn’t be named after living people. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphdog Posted October 18, 2022 Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 I think the Calvin DeHaan Trophy idea might have some legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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