nuckin_futz Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Report: NHL considering increasing regular season to 84 games The NHL is considering increasing its regular-season schedule from 82 games to 84, sources told ESPN's Greg Wyshynski. Under the current format, some teams play only three games against a divisional rival, while others play four. To round out the rest of the schedule, all teams play three contests against non-divisional squads residing in the same conference and two games against each opponent from the other conference. By adding two more games into the mix, teams would then be able to take on their divisional opponents four times each in a season. The idea of an 84-game schedule wasn't formally broached at the recent board of governors meeting, but it is expected to be discussed at the general managers' meeting in March, according to Wyshynski. Sportico first reported on the NHL's consideration of a schedule shift earlier this week. General managers reportedly explored the topic in November with the goal of reducing travel, adding more games between local rivals, and ultimately bringing in more money across the league. ************************ A lot of revenue was lost during the pandemic. So here ya go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Better than adding another playoff round. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Strawbone Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 I'd rather see 10 fewer games to be honest, and not have the playoffs end practically at the start of summer. I found it really hard to get in to the Stanley Cup Finals last year when it was 20 degrees and sunny outside. 2 3 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionofJudah Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Too many games as is. Non fans biggest gripe when talking hockey is they play too much. Just cause it works in some sports doesn't mean it works with hockey. I get the dollar sense of it, but wouldn't bringing in more fans just make you more money as well? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Want to add two more games to an already tough enough schedule lol ok Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bell Posted December 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2022 The Coyotes will need a 250 game season to get the same attendance per season as regular NHL teams 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Water down and already watered down product. Seems about right for an NHL cash grab. 25% of the current season is already completely MEANINGLESS and they want more games. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 21 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Better than adding another playoff round. Way more exciting to add more playoff games. Regular season is completely meaningless in sports. A good idea I saw today was to restructure the schedule in a way that includes more rivalry games. Apparently New Jersey doubles ticket sales when they play New York. More Bruins-Habs games, more Battle of Alberta... I say that's all good for the league, and profitable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Fanuck said: Seems about right for an NHL cash grab. The suits can say anything they want about divisional games but this is what it really is about - money grab by owners plain and simple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sativika Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Less games.......And bring back the all Canadian team division ala during the Covid bubble. But no bubble, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Personally, I’m in favour of this. A few of my closest friends are die hard Oilers fans. We were very excited to go watch an Oilers/Canucks tilt in Vancouver together, only to find out that there is only one game in Vancity this year, which drove ticket prices through the roof (and they were already ridiculous to begin with). It’d be nice to have each division rival here twice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jyu Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Yes to more divisional games. No to more regular season games. I would even eliminate the wild cards, eliminate the notion of conferences, and have 4 teams from each division make the playoffs. Play 2 games against every non-divisional teams: 24 * 2 = 48 games. Play 4 games against divisional teams: 7*4 = 28 games. Play 76 regular season games. The winners of each division are matched up based on their regular season record. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Scrap divisions. Scrap conferences. Each team plays every other team twice - once at home and once away. In a 32 team league the season would be 62 games long. Top sixteen teams get into the playoffs. And they want to add two games to an 82 game season. AAARGGHHH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beni Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Season is long enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Rather they shorten the regular season and start playoffs sooner. With more teams getting added to the league, don't be surprised if another round gets added at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penskih Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I always felt like it should be 62 instead of 82, and now they want to add more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 28 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: Scrap divisions. Scrap conferences. Each team plays every other team twice - once at home and once away. In a 32 team league the season would be 62 games long. Top sixteen teams get into the playoffs. And they want to add two games to an 82 game season. AAARGGHHH!!! Great idea. The owners would never allow it. Too much revenue lost. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kragar Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Bob.Loblaw said: Way more exciting to add more playoff games. Regular season is completely meaningless in sports. A good idea I saw today was to restructure the schedule in a way that includes more rivalry games. Apparently New Jersey doubles ticket sales when they play New York. More Bruins-Habs games, more Battle of Alberta... I say that's all good for the league, and profitable. More exciting, except for the watering down the playoffs by adding another 4 or 8 teams. I remember the old days, when teams with losing records made the playoffs regularly. Blech. Also, the players won't go for that, since they don't get paid for them. And the added intensity leads to more injuries, ones they are more likely to play through and carry over into the next season. Nice in theory (along with reducing the schedule) but not too likely. I do love the idea of more rivalry games. They could keep it at 82 games and just exchange out a couple conference games to make the divisional ones even out at 4 each. Please get rid of a Wild game off the schedule... I don't need any help falling asleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cromeslab Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Yawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 The only way owners would accept a 62 game season, is to have 22 preseason games. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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