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Clearly its in the Leafs heads more than anything.  Definitely a different kind of pressure in Toronto.  But having >50% of your salary cap allocated to 4 forwards also seems like shit roster construction for a deep playoff run.   

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Not really sure the reasoning, but kinda crazy the east gets started tomorrow after just finishing yesterday. extra rest for the oil and stars.

who you got for the finals?

Stars in 6
Panthers in 7

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cats getting fucked

assume they flew direct to raleigh last night where canes have been sleeping in their own beds for 3 days - no competing fixture in that arena - canes have it to themselves

oil also finished 4 days ago so they have been resting and probably not even in dallas yet - regardless mavs dead so no fixture congestion at the bAArn

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4 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

cats getting fucked

assume they flew direct to raleigh last night where canes have been sleeping in their own beds for 3 days - no competing fixture in that arena - canes have it to themselves

oil also finished 4 days ago so they have been resting and probably not even in dallas yet - regardless mavs dead so no fixture congestion at the bAArn

Dallas got fucked similarly last year with schedule. 
could be concert related issues, not other sports stuff. Unless AAC and others don’t accept such events during certain windows to best accommodate potential tenant use during playoffs. 

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I think the reason for the Stars Weds start is that ESPN gets first pick to air either the Western Conference or Eastern Conference finals under the TV rights deal and they chose the West this year.   I'm guessing either the NBA was already slotted for a Tuesday start OR it somehow otherwise worked out best for them, because ESPN chose the series and the start date.  So good for us!   AAC actually had to move a Katy Perry concert that was supposed to be Weds night apparently.

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47 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Dallas got fucked similarly last year with schedule. 
could be concert related issues, not other sports stuff. Unless AAC and others don’t accept such events during certain windows to best accommodate potential tenant use during playoffs. 

Apparently, that's not the case.  Katy Perry had a concert scheduled at AAC on Wednesday that's now being postponed.

 

eta: just saw @Skipper beat me to it.

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On 5/17/2025 at 1:23 PM, Hagbard Celine said:

user fail

thinking avs but avs 20 years ago avs

checking wiki

we went out to the avs in 2 consecutive years either side of the lockout seasons

 

Yep, I covered one of those Avs-Stars series. We got crushed in that series. The Avs used to play the "You're my boy, Blue!" soundclip from Old School after every Colorado goal back then. We heard it a lot that series, which I think was over in five games if memory serves.

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3 hours ago, Skipper said:

I think the reason for the Stars Weds start is that ESPN gets first pick to air either the Western Conference or Eastern Conference finals under the TV rights deal and they chose the West this year.   I'm guessing either the NBA was already slotted for a Tuesday start OR it somehow otherwise worked out best for them, because ESPN chose the series and the start date.  So good for us!   AAC actually had to move a Katy Perry concert that was supposed to be Weds night apparently.

this is my understanding from knowing a guy on the Canes broadcast crew. ESPN got first pick and elected to take the WCF this year. TBF I can't blame them since they made the pick after Game 5 of Panthers-Leafs apparently and Canes-Panthers is likely to be a bloodbath for TV ratings.

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