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NHL plans to return with 24-team Stanley Cup Playoffs
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| 5/26/2020
| Tom Gulitt
Posted on 05/26/2020 2:30:50 PM PDT by airborne
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To: guyfromjrz
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:01:57 PM PDT
by
freefdny
To: airborne
We may soon find out if the NBA will do something similar, moving into a revised playoff set up, hub cities, etc.
To: Dilbert San Diego
A future college basketball trivia question will be, who won the NCAA championship in 2020?That's easy: Gonzaga...dammit, this was our year. The field was wide open, and our team was peaking at the right time.
What made it particularly disappointing for me was that we had 3 players from North Texas, all playing major minutes and making significant contributions. It was a real celebration down in College Station, after we thumped the Aggies by 30 at their place.
One of my favorite moments occurred when my grandson finally met his favorite player, Killian Tillie.
It was a golden opportunity, since we live about 2000 miles from Spokane. I've never seen a game in The Kennel, but we usually attend games if they're within a day's drive of Dallas.
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:03:30 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
To: airborne
Yes!!!! Makes the crap that is my life at the moment bearable! :)
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:03:40 PM PDT
by
DallasGal
(Is wishing someone would die really all that bad?)
To: airborne
..drop the puck—I’m ready for any kind of hockey!
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:03:54 PM PDT
by
WalterSkinner
(In Memory of My Father, WWII Vet 2007 , and Mom, the Best Mother Ever 2019)
To: guyfromjrz
Hey, they got a team already.
To: airborne
Sounds like a big weekend long AAU basketball tournament.
To: airborne
Good idea, why not?
C-A-P-S, Caps, Caps, Caps!
To: decal
Just as well the Red Wings stank this year - wouldn't want the Govs hubby trying to cut in line for tickets... Ditto the Lions, Tigers and Pistons.
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:38:02 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: airborne
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:38:04 PM PDT
by
karnage
To: Varda
I think Pittsburgh would be great but Gary Bettman will probably have the final word.
Vegas for sure. Possibly somewhere in Florida since they’re already open for business. Maybe a Canadian city to keep dem hosers happy! 8^)
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:38:06 PM PDT
by
airborne
(I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
To: airborne
I wish them well. Not sure how they decided on the hub cities but the American-based ones all have Dem governors or Dem mayors that could monkey up the works.
Why not Phoenix or Tampa?
Last thing you want is to have 12 teams roll into town and then have a governor or mayor say “now, wait a minute fellows. Can’t you have social distancing during the games? Do they have to, you know, bump into each other so much?”
Need to have a site where they’d burn the arena down if the politicians refuse to let them play. Not sure I see any of those on their “hub” lists.
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:39:41 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Step One of the recovery is 'flatten the curve'. Step Two is to flatten the tyrants.)
To: discostu
Hope those guys have been practicing in meantime, or we might see sloppy hockey.
Then again, that might be the best kind of hockey.
To: Dilbert San Diego
Another college basketball 🏀 trivia question: Who won the 1943 NCAA basketball championship, and what member of the Boston Red Sox family played on the team?
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:44:39 PM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: OrangeHoof
Some good points. Our Gov is a real dope and our Health Dept freak speaks for itself.
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:44:44 PM PDT
by
airborne
(I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
To: airborne
Words I never thought I’d utter:
“Thank God for Gary Bettman!”
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:46:20 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
To: Night Hides Not
I had to scroll down four screens to find your grandson. Great picture and memory!
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:47:39 PM PDT
by
Laslo Fripp
(The Sybil of Free Republic)
To: airborne
"I want to make clear that the health and safety of our players, coaches, essential support staff and our communities are paramount," Commissioner Gary Bettman said in announcing the Return to Play Plan.so full of Shiite...
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:48:14 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: discostu
Nope. No asterisk. Its all about the playoffs anyway. Making them longer and harder just makes it better. And given how little advantage home ice is, especially in the playoffs where half the top seeded teams lose in the first round pretty much every year, the hub thing really means nothing.
If that is the case, and I don't contest that it is, isn't the regular season a glorified preseason?
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:48:46 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: airborne
Some reporters think it’s either Pittsburgh or Columbus for one of the hubs. The arena district is nice and hotels are near. Some say they have the inside track. I can see Bettman liking Columbus just to spread the wealth so to speak.
I think Vegas is a shoo-in for something.
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posted on
05/26/2020 3:52:21 PM PDT
by
Varda
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