A "Victory in the Bank" - A Radical New Playoff Idea

[dboy97]

How would YOU do it differently? I'm waiting to hear something that I never hear from other users: ORIGINAL THOUGHT. All I see is a flock of pigeons that rush to dump on other people's ideas. Anyone can be a forum pigeon.

I am all about REWARDING SUCCESS and PUNISHING FAILURE.

The reward comes at the end of the playoffs when you have won 16 games.

 

[dboy97]

I should have looked at dates to this thing before I posted now I almost feel as smart as WordsOfWisdumb.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

I should have looked at dates to this thing before I posted now I almost feel as smart as WordsOfWisdumb.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

This thread got way more mileage than I think anybody could have possibly predicted.

 

[dash]

This thread got way more mileage than I think anybody could have possibly predicted.

Too many forum pigeons, I guess.

 

[BOSSMANPC]

It sounds radical but I wonder if I can take his vCash? That would be my Victory in the Bank.

 

[Comeds]

Perhaps the Bruins will use their banked victory, perhaps not. The suspense is killing me.

 

[forty_three]

Lawyers.

Almost as bad as Ukranians.

God damned Ukranians.

 

[Brahmsian]

I call this the "Victory in the Bank" system.

It works as follows:

The team that finishes first in each conference gets an automatic win that they can apply in the playoffs.

RULES:

The automatic win would have to be applied at the beginning of a series, not halfway through. (ie: Phone call to Gary Bettman prior to the start of the series. "Yes, we're using it." or "No, we're saving it." Click.

Teams that decide to save their automatic win for a later round take a tremendous risk in doing so (because they might be eliminated), but the rewards are greater if they can use it against a tougher opponent later.

The 2-2-1-1-1 playoff format would be observed and would play out as usual. Games 2,3 at home for the #1 team, 4,5 on the road, etc. No home playoff dates lost.

This gives a tremendous added bonus to the team that finishes #1 by allowing them to begin their series up 1-0. It also creates some incredible playoff strategy between rounds and would lead to more interesting discussion.

Should both #1 teams meet in the Stanley Cup final, and both still having their automatic wins saved, the two will cancel each other out and the series will begin 0-0, not 1-1.

Why have it? I believe that the #1 team should have more to separate them from the #8 team than just home ice

advantage.

It is unusual, alright.

Maybe adding a condition that the automatic win be used BEFORE the Finals or be forfeited would make it more acceptable.

 

[dash]

bumpity bump

 

[elocomotive]

The gold standard of threads.

 

[elocomotive]

It sounds radical but I wonder if I can take his vCash? That would be my Victory in the Bank.

LOL - I had missed this post from Boss. Hilarious.

Once you get past the "this is stupid" remarks we can get down to the more interesting questions like:

Q: Why would someone propose this?

But those answers would never come...

 

[dboy97]

Can the Bruins use the victory in the bank against Detroit? I do not like the match up.

 

[elocomotive]

Bump! Because every time I read this thread I find new gems I had not spotted before.

 

[elocomotive]

How has the OP in this thread escaped any thumbs down? I guess they didn't exist when it started.

Let's make THIS the most "negged" post of all time on Sports SportsHoopla.

 

[dash]

I don't know eloco, I don't want to be a forum pigeon (lol)

 

[elocomotive]

I don't know eloco, I don't want to be a forum pigeon (lol)

Lol. I just think it'd be fun if someone had more thumbs down than posts. Hahaha.

And you always see +3 or -2. It'd be fun to see a post have a -41. Let's at least make it worse than Ovechkin.

 

[dash]

All right, I zapped him a negative.

 

[elocomotive]

All right, I zapped him a negative.

Yes... gooooood... let the hate flow through you.

 

[elocomotive]

Dragon gave the OP a thumbs up. The OP posted a few times and then disappeared.

Suspicious.