NHL considering a longer regular season
In an attempt to create more rivalries, recent reports were that the NHL was completing an overhaul to the schedule for more divisional games.
(Read more on that here)
Allegedly the league is now looking into expanding the length of the schedule to further that attempt.
As per Greg Wyshynksi of ESPN:
''The addition of two regular-season games would allow the NHL to keep its current schedule format, which sees every team visit every opponent at least once, while giving divisional rivals four games against each other every season. One theory is that the preseason schedule could be shortened to compensate for the additional games. Games against divisional rivals typically draw larger crowds and bigger audiences on national and local television. 'They could play Calgary in Edmonton 10 times and sell them all out. It's crazy,' said one NHL general manager.''
�'Expansion of the regular season to 84 games is in the discussion stage. The topic wasn't mentioned at this week's board of governors meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, but is expected to be discussed at the general managers' meeting in March 2023.''
�'Expansion of the regular season to 84 games is in the discussion stage. The topic wasn't mentioned at this week's board of governors meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, but is expected to be discussed at the general managers' meeting in March 2023.''
It would only be two more games for each team a season, which already seems too long. At the same time, the larger the league expands, the harder it is to get teams to play each other more.
| POLL | ||
What length should the NHL schedule be? | ||
| 50-60 | 5 | 6.6 % |
| 60-70 | 14 | 18.4 % |
| 70-80 | 23 | 30.3 % |
| 80-90 | 34 | 44.7 % |
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