Puck the Media (which we found via Hooks Orpik over at Pensburgh) has what looks like a preview of the nationally-televised game schedule for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
And if things go to a 7th game in the Finals, by this schedule, then you might find yourselves crowded in a bar or around your TV sets on Tuesday night, June 16th, for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.
PTM notes some problems with this schedule -- the potential of a 12-day hiatus between the conference finals and the Cup final looking to be a doozy -- but when we looked at it, we thought...geez, the NHL really is becoming the NBA. The NBA seems to have a fetish about stringing out its playoffs, and now the NHL looks to be heading down that road, too.
But The Peerless doesn't care...so long as it's the Caps playing on June 16th. Or maybe it would be better that the season ended on June 14th for the Caps, seeing as that would likely be a home game...
Be careful what you wish for: the season doesn't always end well at home for a SC Finals Game 6 :_(
ReplyDeleteThat's ok...I don't have Detroit in the finals.
ReplyDeleteAnd, our readers should have figured out that the Caps won't be playing on June 14th or 16th, but on June 10th when they complete a fo', fo' fo' fo' through the playoffs.
@ Hooks
ReplyDeleteBeen there, done that - regarding watching another team ride off into the sunset with da 'Cup in our building, circa '98. Same bunch of bastards, too, so we have *that* in common now. Enjoy watching the Capitals get a measure of revenge against them (there, I called it). It would be "nifty" if we could return the sweep, at least the Pens managed to take them to 6...