Hockey,

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Watches Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story last night. Not a great movie but a cool reminder of the good ole bad old days of hockey and something to do to keep from having NHL withdrawal.
Mr. Hockey - The Gordie Howe Story
I'm looking for the Rocket: The legend of Rocket Richard movie. It looks cool. Maybe time to watch Slapshot and Happy Gilmore again.

Have you watched GOON?

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Have you watched GOON?

Do you really need an answer to that?
I just listed my favs

[beatnavy]

In case you haven't seen it, something to give Flatbutt nightmares: Stanley Cup winning goals 1933-2019 (including and especially the OTGWG's of course):



The production values are pretty sketchy all the way up to around 1980, but if you like hockey history, you'll like this, especially since we'd be gearing up for the finals right about now.

I guess didn't realize how many times the poor Flyers came in 2nd place.

[flatbutt]

That was fun to watch.

[Por_sha911]

That was an interesting video. The B's were bridesmaids too many times.

We may be watching live playoffs soon.

The Qualifying Round and Seeding Round Robin will be held at two hub cities to be identified -- one for the 12 participating Eastern Conference teams and one for the 12 Western Conference teams - and begin at a date to be determined. Candidates for the hub cities include Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Edmonton, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburgh, Toronto and Vancouver.

The top 12 teams in each conference will advance to the playoffs, and they will be ranked based on percentage points from the final standings as they stood on March 11 when the season was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The top four teams in each conference ranked by points percentage -- Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington and Philadelphia in the East and St. Louis, Colorado, Vegas and Dallas in the West -- will play separate round-robin tournaments to determine seeding.

The remaining 16 teams will be seeded by conference, setting up best-of-five series in the East of No. 5 Pittsburgh vs. No. 12 Montreal, No. 6 Carolina vs. No. 11 New York Rangers, No. 7 New York Islanders vs. No. 10 Florida, and No. 8 Toronto vs. No. 9 Columbus.

In the West, it would be No. 5 Edmonton vs. No. 12 Chicago, No. 6 Nashville vs. No. 11 Arizona, No. 7 Vancouver vs. No. 10 Minnesota, and No. 8 Calgary vs. No. 9 Winnipeg.

The seven teams looking forward to the NHL Draft lottery include: Buffalo, New Jersey, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose, Ottawa and Detroit.

The league is currently in Phase 1 of its return-to-play plan, which consists of clubs self-isolating as much as possible. Bettman stated that in early June, the league expects to enter Phase 2, which means clubs can return to their individual practice facilities or voluntary small groups on-and-off ice training. Phase 3 of the plan will be the opening of formal training camps.

“The timing of our entry into Phase 3 again will be determined by guidance from medical and civil authorities,” Bettman said. “While we are anxious to open camps as soon as possible, we don’t envision doing so before the first half of July.”

After the round-robins and the qualifying round, the conference-based playoffs will be continue in the two hub cities. Each of the winners of the qualifying round will advance to face one of the round-robin teams in the first round. The Return to Play Committee is discussing whether those first-round series will be set through seeding or by bracket.

The Return to Play Committee also has yet to decide the length of the first-round and second-round series, and whether the second-round series will be determined through seeding or by bracket.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nhl-regular-season-over-coronavirus-24-team-playoff-format