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Teams 8 to 15 pooled their combinations to make 1 mega-pool with a 24.5% chance at 1st overall - more than Detroit's 18.5%. Any of the 8 placeholder teams winning the lottery wins it for the group. The team that won it for them was team E that had a 2.5% chance of winning the lottery (had they not pooled their combinations). Now that they've won the lottery the 8 teams eliminated in the play-ins will get a 12.5% shot at 1st overall.
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They are going to reseed instead of going by bracket. Canucks could end up being seeded 5, 6 or 7 depending on which teams make it through the play-ins. They can't end up being #8 because Calgary-Winnipeg play each other and both have a lower point percentage than the Canucks. Every other play-in matchup has a team below in the standings and one higher in the standings. Edmonton, Nashville make it through Canucks will be #7 but if Chicago, Arizona win they will be #5.
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Won't necessarily be Colorado. The 4 bye-teams are playing each other to determine seeding for the playoffs.
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Sabres fire Jason Botterill, name Kevyn Adams GM
mll replied to Crabcakes's topic in General Hockey Discussion
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Reading LeBrun's tweets it sounds like players are debating the 2nd hub. Vegas is still believed to be a hub. When discussing Vancouver as hub, Thomas Drance assured that players don't care when games are played and would even prefer earlier in the day than 7pm. With no fans in the stands he thought it wouldn't matter at all to start games earlier for the eastern conference. He didn't address starting games later for Western spectators though should they be based in the East. A 7pm game for Vancouver audience would be 10pm at night in Toronto. Seems more problematic for players. The league in an earlier interview said their preference would be for the home team not play in their home city. Vegas was discussed for the East and Toronto for the West. If both hubs are in the West that won't be possible but the league now assures that it wouldn't be problem as arenas will be completely neutral.
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The insurance companies have to be willing to cover the risk. Wimbledon is manageable for an insurance company. Losses in billions not necessarily. They'll probably have to use a re-insurance company and who knows if they would even accept the risk.
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Wimbledon is a 2 week competition in just one location. It's not the same magnitude.
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Seattle arena to be called Climate Pledge Arena
mll replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
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The NHL does not have a coverage for a pandemic. Insurance companies need the premiums to be able to cover the claims/ the amounts owed in case of a damage. The premiums would be exorbitant to cover a pandemic. If one league is affected it affects all the others. Insurance companies need to receive the necessary premiums to build up the reserves to cover the claims otherwise they'll go bankrupt.
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Seattle arena to be called Climate Pledge Arena
mll replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
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Players will likely be far safer in the NHL bubble. There have been 11 players infected while the NHL had no control over them. If these players had not joined phase 2 who knows how long until they would have been diagnosed and how many more people in the general population would have been in contact with them.
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They don't plan on decreasing the cap - that's why they don't feel the need to offer compliance buyouts. They are talking of dealing with the losses through an adjustment of escrow. Owners don't want the additional cost of compliance buyouts per Friedman. Players probably don't want them either - allowing for compliance buyouts would increase their escrow even more.
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If the league goes dark they might struggle to regain those market shares. With the new US TV deal up it puts them in a weak bargaining position. Resuming the season is also to keep hockey on the map. Players have considerable amounts to pay back to the league. The escrow they've already paid is by far insufficient to cover their portion of the losses.