Series Thread: Round 2: New York Islanders (4) vs Tampa Bay Lightning(2)

[Judge Fudge]

Who Wants it more?????????????

 

[BGDave]

And how far can JT carry this team?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

This is a pretty even matchup to decide who loses to Washington or Pittsburgh.

 

[Puck082]

This is a pretty even matchup to decide who loses to Washington or Pittsburgh.

This is also where the bracket system has a huge flaw.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

This is also where the bracket system has a huge flaw.

How so? That Pens-Caps should probably be the conf. final rather than the semi?

 

[Puck082]

How so? That Pens-Caps should probably be the conf. final rather than the semi?

Isles don't get home ice in this series.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Isles don't get home ice in this series.

LOL that's fucked.

 

[Puck082]

LOL that's fucked.

Flip side is if they did re-seeding, they wouldn't have home ice either. They'd play the Pens.

I mean, you could keep the bracket system and give home ice to the team that had more points, couldn't you?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Flip side is if they did re-seeding, they wouldn't have home ice either. They'd play the Pens.

I mean, you could keep the bracket system and give home ice to the team that had more points, couldn't you?

Yeah, seems like the simple option. But this is the NHL, so what's simple is always what's last on the mind of the "brain" trust.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Isles were the WC team, why should they have home ice?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Isles were the WC team, why should they have home ice?

You mean besides the fact they had more regular season points than them and won the season series against them 2-1?

 

[esls79]

Get rid of the loser point and it would be a moot point.

/but I like mute points better so: mute points > moot points >>>> loser points

 

[dash]

Get rid of the loser point and it would be a moot point.

/but I like mute points better so: mute points > moot points >>>> loser points

for all intensive purposes, I find the above post mind bottling.

 

[forty_three]

for all intensive purposes, I find the above post mind bottling.

Whenever someone says Mute point, it gets on my pet peeves.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Isles don't get home ice in this series.

They should be granted 1 win-in-the-bank for this type of asshattery!!

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

You mean besides the fact they had more regular season points than them and won the season series against them 2-1?

But they were the WC, /end of story..

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

But they were the WC, /end of story..

Which is why Puck said this is a bad flaw with the new playoff format, not that there should be some special rule for the Isles.

 

[Puck082]

Which is why Puck said this is a bad flaw with the new playoff format, not that there should be some special rule for the Isles.

Oh no, you completely misunderstood me. I meant there should be a special rule for the Isles specifically. The NHL already implemented the "No tripping calls" with the net empty rule for them, this would just compliment rules like that.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Scoop Bolts!!!!!!

 

[Judge Fudge]

1) Clarkson....... Who is the chick?

2) Game 1 is Wednesday night