NHL Schedule: Not Having Shortened Season Ready Is League’s Latest Folly

January 8th, 2013 by Tim Daniels Leave a reply »
The NHL finally got back in the good graces of its diehard fans by agreeing to a deal to save another season from getting wiped out entirely. Instead of capitalizing on those positive vibes, however, the league has endured another blunder by failing to release a new schedule.

Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada reports the schedule is likely to contain 48 games and begin on Saturday, Jan. 19. The problem is that's been the expectation for quite some time, at least since it became clear a full season wasn't possible, so why wasn't a schedule prepared?

Furthermore, the schedule isn't likely to get released until Thursday or Friday, according to Damian Cristodero of the Tampa Bay Times. That's five or six days of missed opportunities for the NHL, as the initial post-lockout enthusiasm begins to fade.

It's amazing the league wasn't prepared for this situation. At the very least, it should have been ready with a basic outline that could be tweaked if necessary, allowing teams to get the schedule out within a day—at most.



Instead, the unfortunate, extended delay makes it seem like the schedule makers were basically st ...

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