GDT - Week 20 TRADE DEADLINE

[Matthew]

True matt. But live in my more fun little brain for a while. Would be great to pick the team you play no? In the first round at least. Then it defaults to overall standings for round 2 and 3?

Anyone else with me?

I've actually brought this up to mik/arian I think before. Would be really fun. They shot me down hard, I believe.

[CasperX22]

Basically what MLB is proposing

[kyuss]

True matt. But live in my more fun little brain for a while. Would be great to pick the team you play no? In the first round at least. Then it defaults to overall standings for round 2 and 3?

Anyone else with me?

I've actually brought this up to mik/arian I think before. Would be really fun. They shot me down hard, I believe.

I believe you're wrong, at least as far as I'm concerned.

In fact, almost anything would be better than the current shitty playoff system

[CasperX22]

It's only shitty if you don't like facing your division rivals in the playoffs.

[kyuss]

it's shitty for a reasons that have nothing to do with that and that have been discussed at length in the past.

The fact BBKL refused to implement a different system affected regular season interest

[Shoalzie]

Are you talking about 1 through 8 in each conference? The same 8 teams in each conference are making the playoffs this year in our league as they would've if we did 1-8.

The division system is a little quirky and can lead to some repetitive first round matchups...but generally it leads to the same 8 teams making the playoffs in each conference as the previous 1-8 system.

For any fans old enough to remember the Adams/Patrick/Norris/Smythe system...this division format takes me back to where 4 teams made the playoffs from each division with no wild cards.

To me, the current system is a hybrid of the previous formats. The 2 vs. 3 matchup in each division might not be exactly the same matchup in the 1-8 format but the wild card teams are matched up with the division champs like it was 1 vs. 8 and 2 vs. 7.

[KapG]

It’s the divisional matchups first round that are dumb as fuck. Not who is making the playoffs imo.

1st seed should face the 8th seed

Two years ago Leafs and Boston were the 1 and 2 seeds or something like that and they played in the first round. That should never happen

[CasperX22]

It’s the divisional matchups first round that are dumb as fuck. Not who is making the playoffs imo.

1st seed should face the 8th seed

Two years ago Leafs and Boston were the 1 and 2 seeds or something like that and they played in the first round. That should never happen

Why shouldn't it? Divisional teams play similar schedule. Therefore you have a true 1-4 in each bracket. That is almost never the case in a 1-8 format. If you are arguing for the old 1-8 format then you should also be in far of eliminating divisions and conferences and 1-16 make the playoffs. That would be fun right?

[kimmer]

im a follower
so whatever the real NHL decides is fine

[KapG]

It’s the divisional matchups first round that are dumb as fuck. Not who is making the playoffs imo.

1st seed should face the 8th seed

Two years ago Leafs and Boston were the 1 and 2 seeds or something like that and they played in the first round. That should never happen

Why shouldn't it? Divisional teams play similar schedule. Therefore you have a true 1-4 in each bracket. That is almost never the case in a 1-8 format. If you are arguing for the old 1-8 format then you should also be in far of eliminating divisions and conferences and 1-16 make the playoffs. That would be fun right?

Old format was fine with top 3 division winners ranked 1-3 and the rest filling out the last 5 spots in each conference

[KapG]

im a follower
so whatever the real NHL decides is fine

Pretty much this tho sooooooooo

[Da_Hawks]

Given BBKL doesn`t have to worry about travel, you could always have everyone play the (relatively) same schedule and then seed 1-16. But then that`s not really much fun... I`ve no issues with the current format in the NHL, but fantasy-wise, we could do better to avoid repetitive annual match ups.

[Shoalzie]

We don't need to reinvent the wheel. 1 through 8 by conference is the best alternative if we don't want to use the current system.

We try to be as close to the NHL but aren't 100% the same. This is different than running a simulated league in a video game where you pick the rules. We still have to use the real players and real results. We try to match most of the rules.

[CasperX22]

We don't need to reinvent the wheel. 1 through 8 by conference is the best alternative if we don't want to use the current system.

We try to be as close to the NHL but aren't 100% the same. This is different than running a simulated league in a video game where you pick the rules. We still have to use the real players and real results. We try to match most of the rules.

Again, don't be a hypocrite about it. Guys that are adament about 1-8 should be fighting for 1-16.

[dave1959]

It’s the divisional matchups first round that are dumb as fuck. Not who is making the playoffs imo.

1st seed should face the 8th seed

Two years ago Leafs and Boston were the 1 and 2 seeds or something like that and they played in the first round. That should never happen

I totally agree

[CasperX22]

It’s the divisional matchups first round that are dumb as fuck. Not who is making the playoffs imo.

1st seed should face the 8th seed

Two years ago Leafs and Boston were the 1 and 2 seeds or something like that and they played in the first round. That should never happen

I totally agree

Then push for 1-16

[Shoalzie]

As Mark suggested, we should abandon conferences and divisions and go with a more balanced schedule if we want to do top 16.

[dave1959]

It’s the divisional matchups first round that are dumb as fuck. Not who is making the playoffs imo.

1st seed should face the 8th seed

Two years ago Leafs and Boston were the 1 and 2 seeds or something like that and they played in the first round. That should never happen

I totally agree

Then push for 1-16

We do this in IFFHL and it works fine.

since 2014 we had

10th def. 13th
1st def. 7th
1st def. 3rd
1st def. 4th
16th def. 6th
4th def. 3rd

[Handsome&FairMike]

Still like the idea of choosing your opponent given its fantasy... no matter how we want to arrange it (1-8, 1-16, etc).

[Shoalzie]

I'm sure we all have fantasy stories like this but this one just makes me laugh given our format...

I mentioned before with last week...I opted to sit Hutton and only play Bernier with less than desirable results.

Bernier gets 3 starts with a 3.41 GAA and an .892 SV%. Hutton from my bench wins all 3 starts with a 2.30 GAA and a .915 SV%. The 3 wins could've easily got me 4 more category wins and without doing the math, the might've won a couple other goalie categories.

Okay, so Hutton is on a 4-game winning streak. I have to play him now, right? Both goalies are started for Week 20.

Last night...

Bernier wins against Montreal with pedestrian numbers (3.02 GAA and .864 SV%).
Hutton gives up 6 goals to Ottawa last night in a losing effort (6.21 GAA and .846 SV%).

Yea, fantasy!