NEW BBKL Schedule

[kyuss]

schedule will mirror the NHL's.

So we are going with the 82 gamer?

Yes, we are toying with Fantrax atm on how to set it all up. Once we figure that out were going to wait for the real nhl schedule to release in the summer. We will then tweak it for our playoffs, removing home at homes so you dont play the same team twice in one week, etc. It's a process but it's on going.

just happened:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm

time to make those intentions a reality.

Btw, don't know where this argument was discussed (if anyone does, please link here), but the first thing is to officially define the number of weeks we are going to have for RS and PO.

[Lee]

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Ideal format, IMO

[kyuss]

don't remember if we can manually set weeks' length on Fantrax. If we can't, I guess we will have 5 playoffs weeks?

if there are 21 RS weeks... 20 with 4 opponents and a shorter one with 2?

[kyuss]

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Ideal format, IMO

well, in an ideal world where we could set weeks' length I'd push for spreading the first 3 rounds over 4 weeks (like 9+9+10 days),on top of having a 2 full weeks final.

[Shoalzie]

The NHL posted their schedule matrix:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7721 ... l:topheads

The '15-16 NHL regular season lasts 27 weeks. If you do a 5 week playoffs, that leaves 22 weeks for a BBKL regular season.

Here's a quick breakdown of the season:
Week 1 10/5/2015 *Season starts on 10-7-15 (Wednesday)
Week 2 10/12/2015
Week 3 10/19/2015
Week 4 10/26/2015
Week 5 11/2/2015
Week 6 11/9/2015
Week 7 11/16/2015
Week 8 11/23/2015
Week 9 11/30/2015
Week 10 12/7/2015
Week 11 12/14/2015
Week 12 12/21/2015 *Christmas break from 12-23-15 to 12-25-15 (Wednesday to Friday)
Week 13 12/28/2015
Week 14 1/4/2016
Week 15 1/11/2016
Week 16 1/18/2016
Week 17 1/25/2016 *All-Star break from 1-28-16 to 2-1-16 (Thursday to following Monday)
Week 18 2/1/2016 *Post-break begins 2-2-16 (Tuesday)
Week 19 2/8/2016
Week 20 2/15/2016
Week 21 2/22/2016
Week 22 2/29/2016
Week 23 3/7/2016
Week 24 3/14/2016
Week 25 3/21/2016
Week 26 3/28/2016
Week 27 4/4/2016 *Season ends on 4-9-16 (Saturday)

[kyuss]

I guess we will need to merge #17&18 at least

[Shoalzie]

Makes sense to me. 4 matchups x 21 weeks is 84...so we'll have to have two weeks of just 3 matchups to get 82. I'd point to opening week and Week 12 with the Christmas break in the middle...both are abbreviated weeks.

[Chuck Norris]

Makes sense to me. 4 matchups x 21 weeks is 84...so we'll have to have two weeks of just 3 matchups to get 82. I'd point to opening week and Week 12 with the Christmas break in the middle...both are abbreviated weeks.

Was thinking the same thing Shoalzie; good call. Now it's a matter of adjusting for home at homes and such and we can start playing with Fantrax and the schedule.

[kyuss]

if we will indeed have 5 playoff weeks and 21 RS weeks, we should have those 3-matchups weeks on periods #1 and #12

[Shoalzie]

The other question is...do we follow the NHL schedule or just use the schedule matrix and create the matchups?

[Sensfanjosh]

The other question is...do we follow the NHL schedule or just use the schedule matrix and create the matchups?

Probably best to follow the NHL....

We'd want to mimic the schedule structure of the NHL in terms of divisional and out of division games and if we keep that structure is makes sense to just follow the entire schedule rather than worrying about generating the proper matchups within that structure on our own.

[Chuck Norris]

The other question is...do we follow the NHL schedule or just use the schedule matrix and create the matchups?

Probably best to follow the NHL....

We'd want to mimic the schedule structure of the NHL in terms of divisional and out of division games and if we keep that structure is makes sense to just follow the entire schedule rather than worrying about generating the proper matchups within that structure on our own.

True except for the fact of home at homes. We don't want you playing the same team twice during a weekly matchup. We'll be manually adjusting those games but otherwise we will follow the NHL schedule as much as possible.

[Sensfanjosh]

The other question is...do we follow the NHL schedule or just use the schedule matrix and create the matchups?

Probably best to follow the NHL....

We'd want to mimic the schedule structure of the NHL in terms of divisional and out of division games and if we keep that structure is makes sense to just follow the entire schedule rather than worrying about generating the proper matchups within that structure on our own.

True except for the fact of home at homes. We don't want you playing the same team twice during a weekly matchup. We'll be manually adjusting those games but otherwise we will follow the NHL schedule as much as possible.

Is there any real harm in having teams play twice in one week? Realize its not a big deal either way, but trying to save some work for you guys and don't really see any real disadvantage of this outside of some guys might feel they got a raw deal if they had injuries one week and faced a divisional rival- but at the same time that's what happens in the NHL under the same circumstances right? Just playing devil's advocate.

[The BBKL Insider]

as long as paul plays billy week 1

[Bruyns]

The other question is...do we follow the NHL schedule or just use the schedule matrix and create the matchups?

Probably best to follow the NHL....

We'd want to mimic the schedule structure of the NHL in terms of divisional and out of division games and if we keep that structure is makes sense to just follow the entire schedule rather than worrying about generating the proper matchups within that structure on our own.

True except for the fact of home at homes. We don't want you playing the same team twice during a weekly matchup. We'll be manually adjusting those games but otherwise we will follow the NHL schedule as much as possible.

Is there any real harm in having teams play twice in one week? Realize its not a big deal either way, but trying to save some work for you guys and don't really see any real disadvantage of this outside of some guys might feel they got a raw deal if they had injuries one week and faced a divisional rival- but at the same time that's what happens in the NHL under the same circumstances right? Just playing devil's advocate.

I don't believe there is a Fantrax option to mimic the NHL schedule so we will have to enter it anyways. Won't be much more work to ensure we aren't playing the same team twice in one week. I think playing teams the same amount of times is more important then playing them in the same order.

[Sensfanjosh]

Fair enough, if the work load is the same it makes no difference, just didn't see the reason behind creating more work to avoid the situation.

As an aside I'd be willing to help with the data entry of setting up the schedule if this is something that can take place over the summer months.

[kimmer]

as long as paul plays billy week 1

[dave1959]

Fair enough, if the work load is the same it makes no difference, just didn't see the reason behind creating more work to avoid the situation.

As an aside I'd be willing to help with the data entry of setting up the schedule if this is something that can take place over the summer months.

it can be started right now

[Sensfanjosh]

Fair enough, if the work load is the same it makes no difference, just didn't see the reason behind creating more work to avoid the situation.

As an aside I'd be willing to help with the data entry of setting up the schedule if this is something that can take place over the summer months.

it can be started right now

Can start monday if you give me the ability to do so?

[Robin Hood]

as long as paul plays billy week 1